Nitpicking Star Trek – More Jynnan Tonnyx Technology

We’ve discussed this phenomena before and will undoubtably do so again. However we at the Guild would like to point out that this is not just supposition on our part.

The Law of Convergent Technology Design

An Interdisciplinary Hypothesis on the Aesthetic Convergence of Galactic Technology
By Professor L. L. Menchik, Daystrom Institute of Applied Continuity Physics

Abstract:

Across centuries and civilizations, technological devices of wildly divergent origin — Klingon disruptors, Cardassian data padds, 23rd- and 24th-century tricorders, even 29th-century temporal scanners — all display a baffling degree of visual and structural similarity.
We propose this is not coincidence, but the inevitable outcome of a quantum-ontological constant known as the Propagation Principle of Familiar Design (PPFD).

The Propagation Principle of Familiar Design (PPFD):

In brief:

Any sufficiently observed universe will subconsciously economize its visual complexity to maintain coherence for familiarity for its inhabitants.

When examined in-universe, PPFD manifests as a subtle quantum entanglement of aesthetics — a phenomenon where the universe “realizes” it’s being watched and economizes its own rendering budget.
This self-sustaining field, informally called the Set Reuse Effect, ensures that:

• Klingon consoles resemble Federation consoles.
• 23rd-century medical scanners are identical to 24th-century dental tools.
• And every alien bar, no matter where it exists, seems to have the same chairs.

see also: The Jynnan-Tonnyx Principle of Cultural Convergence

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