There's a scene in Star Trek: the Next Generation (hey, you brought up Trek, don't get mad at me for taking to its logical conclusion!) where Spock meets Data, the android. Spock comments that Data is trying so hard to acquire emotions in order to be more fully human but in lacking them, he's already the perfect Vulcan. I think about that a lot. Usually when I'm trying too hard to heuristic myself into being something I'm not. Anyway. Don't trek on me.
LOL Love it. I'm merely suggesting that Spock wouldn't be the way he is depicted if the Vulcans were successful. Logic would dictate that emotional expression can be highly effective. Can one express emotion without being subject to it's effects? I love this topic.
There's a scene in Star Trek: the Next Generation (hey, you brought up Trek, don't get mad at me for taking to its logical conclusion!) where Spock meets Data, the android. Spock comments that Data is trying so hard to acquire emotions in order to be more fully human but in lacking them, he's already the perfect Vulcan. I think about that a lot. Usually when I'm trying too hard to heuristic myself into being something I'm not. Anyway. Don't trek on me.
LOL Love it. I'm merely suggesting that Spock wouldn't be the way he is depicted if the Vulcans were successful. Logic would dictate that emotional expression can be highly effective. Can one express emotion without being subject to it's effects? I love this topic.