A Star Trek scholar who specializes in historical construction marks. Ex: “where should the injection mold lines go on this plastic toy? Where should the seams go on clothing?”
Because I bet there are a lot of holodeck programs where those marks are present “for historical accuracy” but they’re in the wrong spots/don’t make physical sense. When you’re used to making things in replicators, you’re not thinking about the in-between steps in making an object. It all materializes at the same time. But with older manufacturing methods, things had to be made in a specific order. People would see these marks on old items and try to reproduce them, but wouldn’t understand the logic behind them.
Every thread has to have a beginning and end. Yes, all of them. Why are the parting lines on this plastic intersecting each other, what shape was the mold?? No, that wood grain won’t do a sharp 90 degree turn without a cut. How tf did they clamp that together while the glue dried!
Ironically, most actual 21st century people wouldn’t even notice the “incorrect” markings, they might think something was slightly off but wouldn’t be able to explain exactly what. Or they’d think the crafter did some cool advanced technique to make the object look like they built it a different way. Meanwhile 24th century audiences see all markings as intentional design choices (since there’s no reason to add them otherwise) so they notice these mistakes way more often.
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