Stability-Instability Paradox
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When two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases. The stability_instability paradox is an international relations theory regarding the effect of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction. It states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases. This occurs because rational actors want to avoid nuclear wars, and thus they neither start major conflicts nor allow minor conflicts to escalate into major conflictsthus making it safe to engage in minor conflicts. For instance, during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union never engaged each other in warfare, but fought proxy wars in Korea, Vietnam, Angola, the Middle East, Nicaragua and Afghanistan and spent substantial amounts of money and manpower on gaining relative influence over the third world. A study published in the journal of conflict resolution in 2009 quantitatively evaluated the nuclear peace hypothesis, and found support for the existence of the stability_instability paradox. The study determined that while nuclear weapons promote strategic stability, and prevent large scale wars, they simultaneously allow for more lower intensity conflicts. When a nuclear monopoly exists between two states, and their opponent does not, there is a greater chance of war. In contrast, when there is mutual nuclear weapon ownership with both states possessing nuclear weapons, the odds of war drop precipitously.
Stadium Paradox
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Stalker
| 1980/04/17 | ||
| Film | 163 min NR | |
| DRA SF | Netherlands | |
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's objections, a man rises in the early morning and leaves her with their disabled daughter to meet two men. He's a Stalker, one of a handful who have the mental gifts (and who risk imprisonment) to lead people into the Zone to the Room, a place where one's secret hopes come true. His clients are a burned out popular writer, cynical, and questioning his talent; and a quiet scientist more concerned about his knapsack than the journey. In the deserted Zone, the approach to the Room must be indirect. As they draw near, the rules seem to change and the stalker faces a crisis.
"Stalking the Timelines"
| S - | Ep - | 1978/09/ |
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Stand By Me Doraemon
| 2014/08/08 | ||
| Film | 95 min | |
| COM DRA | Japan | |
What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?
Stapp's Ironical Paradox
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."
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"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."
Star Blazers
Time Trap
| S 2 | Ep 8 | |
| TV Series Episode | 22 min | |
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Wikipedia: As the Star Force reaches the coordinates from Trelaina's last message, it receives a new message. The Argo warps to the new coordinates, but finds itself in the middle of a space cyclone. When the ship reaches the middle of the space cyclone, however, the Star Force finds the remnants of several ships that never made it out. The Space Marines grow restless. Dr. Sane prescribes the holography room as treatment for them. Meanwhile, the crew discovers that the center of the cyclone accelerates time, aging everyone's uniforms -- and the ship -- to where they are disintegrating. To make matters worse, a Comet Empire fleet has launched an attack on the Argo. Trelaina then radios new coordinates to the Argo, allowing it to exit the cyclone -- and the time trap -- and counterattack.
Star Knight
| 1986/05/23 | ||
| Film | 90 min | |
| ADV FAN SF | USA | |
Princess Alba is abducted by a dragon, and it's up to Klever to save her. But, it turns out that this dragon is an alien spacecraft, and Alba falls in love with the human-alien inside it. When a dazzling craft illuminates the sky above a medieval European village, the townspeople fear mayhem while the ruling party prepares for battle with the mysterious "dragon in the sky." After Princess Alba is discovered missing, the quest for power and the young girl's affections drive Klever to free her from the strange cosmic knight. But is that her desire? Worldly boundaries are crossed in this gothic sci-fi tale of power, greed and the universal language of love.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
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Star Pilot
| 1966/10/02 | ||
| Film | 89 min PG | |
| ADV SF | Italy | |
Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their spaceship's broken engine. With that done, they take off towards their home planet, taking the earthlings with them. However, the humans attempt to mutiny against their captors, inadvertently sending their tiny spaceship hurtling into the infinite beyond...
Star Trek - The Original Series
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Star Trek - The Original Series
The Naked Time
| S 1 | Ep 4 | 1966/09/29 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree. Wikipedia: A strange virus infects the crew of the Enterprise, severely affecting their minds, leading to a crew member deactivating the warp engines. They are emergency restarted and the ship goes back in time by three days.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Balance Of Terror
| S 1 | Ep 14 | 1966/12/15 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
The Enterprise must decide on its response when a Romulan ship makes a destructively hostile armed probe of Federation territory.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
| S 1 | Ep 19 | 1967/01/26 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth. Wikipedia: The crew of the Enterprise travels back to 1960s Earth, and must correct damage they caused to the timeline. IMDB: When the Enterprise is flung back in time while trying to escape the gravitational pull of a black star, they find themselves in orbit around a 1960's Earth. When they are seen by a U.S. Air Force pilot, they beam him aboard but then face the dilemma of what to do with him as he learns more and more about the future. They have to review their initial decision to just keep him when historical records show that his yet-to-be-born son will lead Earth's first successful mission to probe Saturn. Spock devises a plan to do so while also erasing any memory of recent events.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Space Seed
| S 1 | Ep 22 | 1967/02/16 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min TV-PG | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
While on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Alternative Factor
| S 1 | Ep 27 | 1967/03/30 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
While investigating and scanning an uncharted planet, the Enterprise and its quadrant of space are subjected to a violent force that seems to cause a 'blinking out' of everything near them. When the scanners resume, where once there was no life on the planet, now there is one life sign. Kirk, Spock and a security force beam down to investigate and find a man named Lazarus who collapses and is brought aboard the Enterprise for treatment. To complicate things further, the initial phenomenon almost totally drained their dilithium crystals. Starfleet and Kirk suspect this phenomenon could be a prelude to invasion. While interrogating Lazarus he tells Kirk that he's locked in a struggle with another being who is 'anti life' and is behind the phenomenon. The disruptions continue to occur and the ship's situation grows worse. ///// While mapping the uninhabited planet below, the Enterprise - indeed the entire galaxy - is affected by a powerful force after which a single human, Lazarus, is found on the planet. He claims to be after an evil creature who destroyed his entire civilization, but Spock can identify no other creature on the planet. Lazarus is in fact a time traveler who has been battling an alternate version of himself from an alternate universe. When Lazarus' opponent steals the ship's dilithium crystals, solving the mystery becomes a matter of life and death for Kirk and the crew.
Star Trek - The Original Series
The City on the Edge of Forever
| S 1 | Ep 28 | 1967/04/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
When a temporarily maddened Dr. McCoy alters history and eliminates his time, Kirk and Spock follow him to prevent it, but the price to do so is high. Wikipedia: The crew of the Enterprise discover a portal through space and time, which leads to McCoy accidentally altering history.
Star Trek - The Original Series
I, Mudd
| S 2 | Ep 8 | 1967/11/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Assignment: Earth
| S 2 | Ep 26 | 1968/03/29 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet. Wikipedia: Time-warping back to Earth of the 1960s, the crew of the Enterprise encounters an intergalactic superspy, who tries to interfere with 20th-century events.
Star Trek - The Original Series
Spectre of the Gun
| S 3 | Ep 6 | 1968/10/25 |
| TV Series Episode | 50 min | |
| ACT ADV SF | USA | |
As punishment for ignoring their warning and trespassing on their planet, the Melkot condemn Capt. Kirk and his landing party to the losing side of a surreal recreation of the 1881 historic gunfight at the OK Corral.