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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. scpok. Mr. Spock is a scientist as well, and at the same time, he's the first [officer] of the starship Enterprise, and during the aunertdves of the Enterprise crew, he and his colleagues are dealing a lot with the presence or absence of Mr. Spock's eootinms. Mr. Spock is half-human and half-Vulcan, and Vulcans are an alien race who learn to control and suppress their fgenleis 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 snlegeimy contradictory behavior. They find it quite fascinating. And the matetr is a gedlon tarhed through the whole Star Trek seeris 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. _____. Mr. Spock is a scientist as well, and at the same time, he's the first [officer] of the starship Enterprise, and during the __________ of the Enterprise crew, he and his colleagues are dealing a lot with the presence or absence of Mr. Spock's ________. Mr. Spock is half-human and half-Vulcan, and Vulcans are an alien race who learn to control and suppress their ________ 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 _________ contradictory behavior. They find it quite fascinating. And the ______ is a ______ ______ through the whole Star Trek ______ and movies from the '60s until today.

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  1. golden
  2. matter
  3. spock
  4. feelings
  5. thread
  6. series
  7. adventures
  8. emotions
  9. seemingly

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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