Greatest Trek Lesson

[NickInABox]

I just want to know what the greatest lesson you've learned from trek.

I was watching The Undiscovered Country, and I found it laden with lessons on racism and tolerance. What else have you learned from Trek?

 

[RyuRoots]

I've learned that I should never step inside a holodeck, ever, lest it try to murder me.

 

[Shazam!]

A transporter is an accident waiting to happen.

 

[USS Kongo]

Don't let the psychiatrist drive the starship.

Sean

 

[kissthestar]

Never look a Ferengi right in the ear.

 

[sbk1234]

I'll agree with the racism/equality issue. I think all of Star Trek has been about this issue, from the first time they had an alien serving on a starship with humans on The Cage.

Also, the idea of trying to see the other point of view.

 

[Mistral]

If you're on a ship called Enterprise, never leave the ship wearing a red shirt.

 

[Kirby]

If you're stationed on Deep Space Nine, you better learn to like baseball, because you're damn well going to hear a lot about it.

 

[TheGodBen]

I learned that sometimes you just have to blow up Romulan diplomats.

 

[Islander]

I actually learned to speak english. Nothing from the trek universe specifically but watching TNG when I was in high school helped me learn considerably.

 

[NickInABox]

^ Please PLEASE tell me you're from Iceland.

 

[nx1701g]

I have to say honestly: IDIC. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.

 

[kv1at3485]

I learned how better to distinguish tech fantasy from science fiction.

 

[Navaros]

Greatest Trek lesson:

Sometimes in life, there is no possible way you can do what needs to be done unless you get dirty.

Lesson from: In the Pale Moonlight.

 

[Islander]

^ Please PLEASE tell me you're from Iceland.

No, I'm french Canadian. Why do you ask?

 

[cwl]

Quebecois?

 

[Islander]

Yep.

 

[Timewalker]

Three things that I learned from Star Trek that I apply to my life every day:

Once you have made a decision to do something, it is illogical not to begin doing it immediately.

In order to find out where something is, you must begin by finding out where it is not.

When trying to decide what to do, prefacing my thoughts with "Logic dictates..." helps me calm down and think about what the logical solution really is.


Of course, the greatest Star Trek Lesson is IDIC, but I would have thought that one to be obvious...

 

[Thelin]

Hmm, I think I'd say I learned that while logic is useful, it's not always the best way to make a decision. Sometimes intuition and gut feelings are wiser than just crunching the numbers.

 

[Timewalker]

Hmm, I think I'd say I learned that while logic is useful, it's not always the best way to make a decision. Sometimes intuition and gut feelings are wiser than just crunching the numbers.

When intuition tells you that a situation is happening a certain way, and your gut feelings are to get extremely angry and say/do something that you will later regret, it's very helpful to take a moment and think, "Logically, what would be the best way to handle this?"

If logic dictates diplomacy, I try to be diplomatic. But if logic dictates I have a public temper tantrum, I've done that, too (it tends to work quite well when I'm in line at a bank and the teller is being a premium-class idiot).