The captain kirk principle

A few months ago, I was reading scientific american and came across an article called ” The captain kirk principle” . It was about an episode of Star trek Tos called “The enemy within”.
In this episode captain kirk ( William shatner ) is separated into two separate persons with different personalities because of a transporter malfunction .. when scotty “beams ” him up
Captain James T. Kirk has just beamed up from planet Alpha 177, where magnetic anomalies have caused the transporter to malfunction, splitting Kirk into two beings. One is cool and rational. The other is impulsive and irrational. Rational Kirk must make a command decision to save the crew, but he is paralyzed with indecision, bemoaning to Dr. McCoy: “I can’t survive without him. I don’t want to take him back. He’s like an animal-a thoughtless, brutal animal. And yet it’s me!”
This psychological battle between intellect and intuition was played out in almost every episode of Star Trek in the characters of the ultrarational Mr. Spock and the hyperemotional Dr. McCoy, with Captain Kirk as the near perfect synthesis of both. Intellect driven by intution is what.t he author says.. “The captain kirk princple” . Kirk is the perfect sythesis of what an ideal man should be . We see his character in many episodes of startrek like The enemy within, The arena, The omega glory , The squire of gothos , Plato’s stepchildren where you can see his judgement is unbiased and sound and he is the most ideal captain starfleet command ever had. William shatner is the best captain on startrek has ever produced. If you are a startrek fan and havent seen the original series yet.. check it out on the scifi channel .. There are great stories to watch …… which are awesome !