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 !

Startrek and science fiction

I was disappointed when star trek enterprise came to a sudden end. The 3rd season was interesting.. inspite of of the first and second seasons which were lackluster in their performance.
The fourth season was boring. There wasn’t anything interesting… after the Xindi encounter is settled. Having been a trekkie for quite a long time., I’d say that Enterprise was the least popular of all series… except for the arc like third season.. where captain archer and his crew.. track down the aliens ( the xindi) who are going to destroy earth…. after a group of interdimensional species show the xindi. that earth is going to destroy their home world in 400 years.. With the help of a time traveller, Archer ( scott bakula) goes to the future.. where the federation of planets engage the interdimesional beings.. and… tries to convince the…. xindi.. that earth is not going to attack them.. After a lot of drama.. earth “befriends” the aliens in the delphic expanse… which is 2000 light years from earth…

Some of my favorite episodes in Enterprise are:
Carbon creek, Proving ground, The Communicator, Future Tense, First flight, Similitude, Azati prime

The startrek original series is one of the best scifi TV series ever… with interesting theories… or ideas.. Some of my favorite episodes are:

The enemy within, The changeling, Plato’s stepchildren, Squire of gothos, The arena , The omega glory, Where no man has gone before, Mirror Mirror, By any other name, All our yesterdays, Return to tomorrow, Amok Time

Science fiction is an interesting thing.. I think that science.. fiction.. serves as an inspiration for us.. to achieve or invent new things.. although I dont expect rockets which can go at warp speed.. we might disover the secrets of nature in time….. which might help the human civilization to become sophisticated. We might ask questions.. which we would have never thought of asking.. before or after we find any answers in nature..