That is just personality, Shep's natural arrogance and Becket being a total neurotic. Shep wants to use the Atlantis tech, Becket was terrified of it and wanted little to do with it beyond the medical side.McAvoy wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 4:06 pmIts more than that. He can naturally access it better than anyone else short of the Ancients/Lanteans themselves.CrypticMirror wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 1:22 pmHe has the magic gene. That is literally all there is to it. Just like Jack on SG1, some great-great-great-etc grandparent was a magic space-person, and Shep got lucky on the genetic lottery.
Now it could be that his mind is just wired differently that is naturally attuned to the tech itself. So it comes easier to him. Or his magic genes are stronger for some reason.
They even have a ranking with Shep at the top and Becket at second. Who if you remember did struggle in using the tech though that was more of him being stressed or unwilling.
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I suspect that there is a correlation between intelligence and the Ancient gene. People always forget that Sheppard is smart enough to join Mensa and O'Neill's hobby is astronomy. Beckett has one of the strongest ATA genes in the show which is why they keep on calling on him to use the chair - doctor, intelligent. Given how this show works under the premise of evolutionary levels and the ''100% of your brain grants you superpowers'' myth, I don't think its improbable that there is a mind over matter component here.
It is also heavily implied that the natural ATA gene is superior to the artificial one.
It is also heavily implied that the natural ATA gene is superior to the artificial one.
