Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site grkermit.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!grkermit!larry From: larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Spock's Emotions Message-ID: <461@grkermit.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 09:10:47 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermit.461 Posted: Wed Jun 29 09:10:47 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 14:33:34 EDT References: <376@ihuxw.UUCP> <728@utcsstat.UUCP> Organization: GenRad Inc., Concord, MA Lines: 24 From Laura Creighton: I always thought that Spock showed emotions in almost every episode. After all, in almost every episode Spock and McCoy exchange friendly insults and arguments. Why does Spock bother? either he feels he has some pride to maintain or it is fun. For that matter, Spock showed an implicit irrationality by his mere existence on the Enterprise. If he were truly purely logical, he would realize that utter meaningless of life and that there was no particular reason why he should support the federation or work on the enterprise. If he was doing it to satisfy personal needs, then surely those needs are based in some sort of instinct. Perhaps he sees what he does as the best way to survive. But why should he survive. Why is survival more rational than death. Obviously the INSTINCT of survival has a part here. -- Larry Kolodney (USENET) decvax!genrad!grkermit!larry allegra!linus!genrad!grkermit!larry harpo!eagle!mit-vax!grkermit!larry (ARPA) rms.g.lkk@mit-ai