I can’t think of a single VOY episode with mind-melds that didn’t have a character treating it as a super taboo or dangerous telepathic ability.

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Mind melds are overused and treated too lightly and simply by modern trek. I actually like Voyager’s take on it.

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Interesting take. Do you have an example?

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i haven’t watched modern trek because blehhhh, but i presume it’s just used as a deus ex machina? “ah crap we don’t have a sensible solution to this situation, let’s just have them mind meld to get the information”, shit like that?

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I don’t really remember the details. I just remember rolling my eyes and thinking “Not this shit again.”

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