This article caught my eye in USA Today this morning – partly because my educational background is in science, and partly because in the print version of the article, there are side-by-side photographs of Spock from Star Trek and Temperance Brennan from Bones. Um, okay, interesting juxtaposition.
The article is about the increasing emphasis on accurate portrayals of science and scientists in the media – it mentions Doctor Manhattan’s quantum physics in Watchmen, the antimatter bomb in Angels and Demons, etc. It’s an interesting read, but in annoyed me a bit because it seems to be dissing Spock, my favorite-ever fictional character. Someone is quoted as saying, “The scientists you see today are not Mr. Spock, they’re human, and that’s a real change. Even if they’re depicted as über-geeks, they are still interesting people you’d probably like.” Excuse me? Are you implying that Spock is not an interesting person I’d probably like? What universe’s version of Star Trek have you been watching?
Leave a comment
No comments yet.
Pavlov's Cat 
Leave a comment