[3362] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: Wishing I didn't have a heart
raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 1 11:54:07 1992
I'm not sure Spock would be the ideal role model. Would you want to go
around exposing your thoughts and feelings to strange aliens? :-)
>Trying to make one's feelings disappear isn't the answer. There's a
>difference between not having feelings and not being ruled by them.
As I understand it, the latter is the path most Vulcans follow. Only those
students who reach the {\it Kolinahr} level of mastery actually eliminate
emotion.
This much seems reasonable.
>> but i agree, on a general level, life is much better with contrasts
>> than without.
>I must admit, I wholeheartedly disagree :)
And what of the Vulcan IDIC philosophy -- infinite diversity in infinite
combinations? That diversity is part of what makes life worth living, and
people worth meeting.
(Sorry, maybe I've spent too much time reading Star Trek.)
(Nah, you can never read too much Star Trek.)
