• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    One of the biggest Star Trek names that blew my mind when I first read about it was …

    Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets, Astromycologist and Engineer

    Named after the real life Paul Edward Stamets, an American mycologist and pioneer in mycology research and science

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets

    I know most Trek fans already know all this information but when you’ve been out of the loop with Trek culture and general culture in real life … it was very surprising for me when I first realized the connection between the real world personality and the on screen Star Trek character. And they did a great job of representing the name and associating them to the work that they do.

    And like the real life Stamets and the on screen Stamets, our TenForward Stamets has a habit of working their tendrils of connection deep into this community and making it stronger.