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From the Ted Talk by Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research
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I'm a scientist, and I'm a big fan of Star Trek, especially of Mr. Spock. Mr. socpk is a sicnsetit as well, and at the same time, he's the first [ofcefir] of the srhstaip Enterprise, and during the adventures of the Enterprise crew, he and his colleagues are dealing a lot with the percsene or absence of Mr. Spock's emotions. Mr. Spock is half-human and half-Vulcan, and vacluns are an alien race who learn to control and suppress their feelings and to act plurey out of logic. As Mr. Spock is only half-Vulcan, he sees himself clannostty in conflict in between logic and emotions, and as he's part of a team, the whole crew is siglrutngg with, is analyzing, and is making fun of this conflict. And also the fans of Star Trek wcath with amusement this seemingly contradictory behavior. They find it quite fascinating. And the matter is a golden thread through the whole Star Trek series and movies from the '60s until today.
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I'm a scientist, and I'm a big fan of Star Trek, especially of Mr. Spock. Mr. _____ is a _________ as well, and at the same time, he's the first [_______] of the ________ Enterprise, and during the adventures of the Enterprise crew, he and his colleagues are dealing a lot with the ________ or absence of Mr. Spock's emotions. Mr. Spock is half-human and half-Vulcan, and _______ are an alien race who learn to control and suppress their feelings and to act ______ out of logic. As Mr. Spock is only half-Vulcan, he sees himself __________ in conflict in between logic and emotions, and as he's part of a team, the whole crew is __________ with, is analyzing, and is making fun of this conflict. And also the fans of Star Trek _____ with amusement this seemingly contradictory behavior. They find it quite fascinating. And the matter is a golden thread through the whole Star Trek series and movies from the '60s until today.
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- scientist
- starship
- presence
- purely
- spock
- vulcans
- struggling
- constantly
- watch
- officer
Original Text
I'm a scientist, and I'm a big fan of Star Trek, especially of Mr. Spock. Mr. Spock is a scientist as well, and at the same time, he's the first [officer] of the starship Enterprise, and during the adventures of the Enterprise crew, he and his colleagues are dealing a lot with the presence or absence of Mr. Spock's emotions. Mr. Spock is half-human and half-Vulcan, and Vulcans are an alien race who learn to control and suppress their feelings and to act purely out of logic. As Mr. Spock is only half-Vulcan, he sees himself constantly in conflict in between logic and emotions, and as he's part of a team, the whole crew is struggling with, is analyzing, and is making fun of this conflict. And also the fans of Star Trek watch with amusement this seemingly contradictory behavior. They find it quite fascinating. And the matter is a golden thread through the whole Star Trek series and movies from the '60s until today.
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