Sep 7, 2016 · If Spock spoke to the dawning computer age, and the wider culture's first attempts to grapple with the implications of machine logic, Data reflects a more sophisticated acknowledgment that ...

Sep 12, 2013 · In The Wrath of Khan (1982), Spock says, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Captain Kirk answers, “Or the one.” This sets up a pivotal scene near the end of the film (spoilers follow).

Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. He first appeared in the original Star Trek series serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise as science officer and first officer (and Kirk's second-in-command) and later as commanding officer of the vessel.

Sep 5, 2021 · STAR Trek’s Spock was far from logical, new research reveals. The pointy-eared Vulcan often said Captain James T Kirk was “highly illogical”. But author Julia Galef believes Spock, first played by Leonard Nimoy, was not exactly a rational thinker himself.

Apr 18, 2021 · The problem with showing that Spock is good at logic is that authors writing a drama typically aren’t all that good at logic themselves, so whatever Spock says that “logic dictates” may not actually be logical, because the authors don’t actually know deep enough logic to make it logical.

Jul 8, 2021 · There’s just one problem: Spock is actually terrible at logic. As Julia Galef explains in her new book on how to make better decisions, The Scout Mindset, Spock turns out to be highly illogical in more than one way. The most obvious is that Spock’s model of …

Jun 11, 2021 · There’s just one problem: Spock is actually terrible at logic. As Julia Galef explains in her new book on how to make better decisions, The Scout Mindset, Spock turns out to be highly...

Why Spock is Not Rational. Star Trek’s Mr. Spock is not the exemplar of logic and rationality you might think him to be. Instead, he is a “straw man” of rationality used to show (incorrectly) that human emotion and irrationality are better than logic. Here is a typical scene:

Sep 5, 2021 · STAR Trek’s Spock was far from logical, new research reveals. The pointy-eared Vulcan often said Captain James T Kirk was “highly illogical”. But author Julia Galef believes Spock, first...

Nov 21, 2018 · Logical, unemotional, completely pragmatic. And we poor, irrational humans whipped them in a fair fight. Now you'll find yourself back among us illogical humans again. SPOCK: Which I find eminently satisfactory, Doctor, for nowhere am I so desperately needed as among a shipload of illogical humans.