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::A few points... Cylons are virtually indistinguishable to humans, even on a cellular level. Baltar even proved this. The only difference is how they react to certain classes of radiation–which is why Baltar needed the nuclear warhead. Therefore, Cottle would not have developed a Cylon-screening test a few weeks, or even a few months, into the first exodus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:48, 1 February 2007 (CST)
::A few points... Cylons are virtually indistinguishable to humans, even on a cellular level. Baltar even proved this. The only difference is how they react to certain classes of radiation–which is why Baltar needed the nuclear warhead. Therefore, Cottle would not have developed a Cylon-screening test a few weeks, or even a few months, into the first exodus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:48, 1 February 2007 (CST)
::Joe, then how do ''you'' explain the light-up spines, and how do ''you'' explain Sharon cutting open her hand, sticking a cable in, and transmitting data through it?  These things aren't anatomically possible for a human.  And that ought to be as obvious to the characters as it is to the viewers.  It's a glaring inconsistency that needs to be explained onscreen, someday.  The simplest explanation is this:  any physician with an MRI could examine a Cylon's spine and find the lightbulbs (or whatever), but Cottle never looked, because he was intentionally perpetuating the ''myth'' that Cylons are medically indistinguishable from humans.  --[[User:Smw|Smw]] 23:54, 1 February 2007 (CST)
::Joe, then how do ''you'' explain the light-up spines, and how do ''you'' explain Sharon cutting open her hand, sticking a cable in, and transmitting data through it?  These things aren't anatomically possible for a human.  And that ought to be as obvious to the characters as it is to the viewers.  It's a glaring inconsistency that needs to be explained onscreen, someday.  The simplest explanation is this:  any physician with an MRI could examine a Cylon's spine and find the lightbulbs (or whatever), but Cottle never looked, because he was intentionally perpetuating the ''myth'' that Cylons are medically indistinguishable from humans.  --[[User:Smw|Smw]] 23:54, 1 February 2007 (CST)
:::Light bulbs? Not really. Bioluminescence. Also, the spine thing is a [[w:flashing arrow|flashing arrow]] of sorts, letting us know that something is simply abnormal with Baltar's [[Caprica-Six|mystery woman]]. It wouldn't surprise me if the cellular structure of Cylons is photo-sensitive either. Also, while I'm not a scientist by any means, what I do know is that cellular testing is very time-intensive and requires sensitive, complex scientific equipment that ''Galactica'' likely doesn't carry. Also, Doc Cottle isn't a biologist by any means, but more of a general medical practitioner. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:50, 2 February 2007 (CST)


:No, he's apparently well known, has been there for years, and seems to (at least) have been old enough to have been in the Cylon War.  --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 03:25, 26 February 2006 (EST)
:No, he's apparently well known, has been there for years, and seems to (at least) have been old enough to have been in the Cylon War.  --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 03:25, 26 February 2006 (EST)

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