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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his fondness for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they [[BioAugmentation experimented on themselves,]] similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his fondness for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe [[WildMassGuessing Maybe]] they [[BioAugmentation experimented on themselves,]] similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his fondness for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his fondness for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they [[BioAugmentation experimented on themselves, themselves,]] similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant fondness for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals [[OlderThanTheyLook are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, ago,]] so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]] — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program in that time. Maybe they experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after ''after'' birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program. Maybe they performed experiments on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program. program in that time. Maybe they performed experiments experimented on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program. Maybe they performed experiments on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, but at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program. Maybe they performed experiments on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''
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* We are told that after spending time on Earth, the Platonians based their society on Plato's ideas, including his penchant for eugenics — granting them perfect health and longevity, at the expense of resistance to infection. But later we're told that these individuals are themselves the ones who visited Greece millenia ago, so they can't very well have had a selective breeding program. Maybe they performed experiments on themselves, similar to how Julian Bashir was augmented after birth on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine?''

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