# geordi's visor
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 22, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644 "2003-06-22T22:53:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644/1 "2003-06-22T22:53:15Z")
So I was surfing the web and came across [this gem](http://www.asciiartfarts.com/20030621.html). The question is good, how does the holodeck fool Geordi’s visor?
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644/2 "2003-06-22T23:01:19Z")
Only on the Internet can someone ask a question about how a fictional object affects another fictional object and expect a serious answer. 🙂
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### Author:  [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644/3 "2003-06-22T23:04:12Z")
That’s why I’m asking in Cafe Society rather than GQ.
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### Author:  [@puggyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puggyfish)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geordis-visor/183644/4 "2003-06-22T23:34:52Z")
It doesn’t. I don’t have an episode name/number, but I remember Geordi saying that he can see if something is “photonic” or not on the holodeck.
Justin\_Bailey: People do quite difficult degrees at university purely on fiction. I’m not putting Star Trek up there with great literature, but there’s nothing wrong with a question.