For Me Science Fiction Is A Way

There Was Much To Put Out Of His Mind. Why Was It Difficult To Forget Chekov's Astonished Delight Which Greeted Him At The Command Airlock When He Boarded. And On The Bridge - Kirk! The Mere Name Made Spock Groan Inwardly As He Remembered What It Had Cost Him To Turn Away From That Welcome. T'hy'la!

I Have Always Been Reasonably Leery Of Religion Because There Are So Many Edicts In Religion, 'thou Shalt Not,' Or 'thou Shalt.' I Wanted My World Of The Future To Be Clear Of That.

Picard: There Is No Greater Challenge Than The Study Of Philosophy. Wesley: But William James Won't Be In My Starfleet Exams. Picard: The Important Things Never Will Be. Anyone Can Be Trained In The Mechanics Of Piloting A Starship. Wesley: But Starfleet Academy Picard: It Takes More. Open Your Mind To The Past. Art, History, Philosophy. And All This May Mean Something.

...nuclear Warfare Is Not Necessary To Cause A Breakdown Of Our Society. You Take A Large City Like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their Water Supply Comes From Hundreds Of Miles Away And Any Interruption Of That, Or Food, Or Power For Any Period Of Time, You're Going To Have Riots In The Streets. Our Society Is So Fragile, So Dependent On The Interworking Of Things To Provide Us With Goods And Services, That You Don't Need Nuclear Warfare To Fragment Us Anymore Than The Romans Needed It To Cause Their Eventual Downfall.

For Me Science Fiction Is A Way Of Thinking, A Way Of Logic That Bypasses A Lot Of Nonsense. It Allows People To Look Directly At Important Subjects.