A challenge question for anyone

[Mr Silver]

But with death looming just minutes away, would rational people stop to argue? Or would they trust expert opinion instead?

Well, slightly changing the subject. This is how I justify Spock not bothering to put on a rad suit when he enters the reactor room. I figured that when he released the massive build up of ionised radiation, it would cost him his life, whether he was wearing a rad suit or not. Say Spock was wearing a full radsuit, it would maybe give him a couple of hours as opposed to the 10-15 minutes he had left. I just assume that he knew that he could survive long enough to repair the warp drive and saying his farewell to Kirk was just a bonus.

Who knows though, maybe had Spock worn a full rad suit, he might have actually survived? With less than 5 minutes to repair the warp drive though, it didn't matter.

Funnily enough Spock did stop to briefly argue with McCoy, but quickly ended it with a nerve pinch

 

[Timo]

...Of course, we don't know if there exists such a thing as a "radsuit". Those clumsy coveralls worn by Scotty might offer no protection against radiation whatsoever. At least Scotty himself, clad in such attire, seemed to find no comfort of protection from it, before fainting!

But agreed that sometimes there's no point in taking half-measures, while at other times even a one-tenth measure is definitely worth taking.

Timo Saloniemi