A couple of months ago I wrote a Blog post about my meeting with the fictional Sherlock Holmes and that got me thinking about other fictional characters that I might like to meet. So this post details my meeting with that paragon of Logic Mr. Spock from Star Trek.
I think that a meeting with Spock would make me feel much the same as meeting Sherlock would. Though I tend to think that the emotionless Vulcan would be more sensitive to my human emotions (go figure.) This would no doubt cause my meeting with Spock to be full of awkward silences and random comments that result in “fascinating” and “Interesting” responses from Spock.
Me: So you’re from the future?
Spock: As I have already stated.
Me: So have you ever heard of me?
Spock: You’re attempts to extract information about your future endeavors is in vain for I will not risk changing history in order to fuel your human ego.
Me: I see. That takes a lot of conversation topics off the table then.
Spock: Indeed.
Me: I noticed that you are reading something on your tablet there.
Spock: Yes I have taken the liberty of viewing your previous blog postings. I must say that they are rather interesting.
Me: Really!
Spock: Yes. For example many of them seem to take an anti-technology slant yet didn’t you tell me yourself that you earn currency by selling electronics to people? How can you sell things that you openly disapprove of?
Me: Well you see I don’t actively try to talk people into buying the items in question, usually they already want it and then I always try to emphasis the downside and they still buy it anyway.
Spock: Fascinating. So you inform these consumers that the Item they wish to buy is inferior and yet they purchase it anyway.
Me: That’s about the size of it.
Spock: The illogical motives of humans will never cease to amaze me.
Me: Trust me I am human and I still don’t understand them.
C. O. Bonham 