Spock's emotions/was MBTI Thinking/Feeling

[karenemcee]

Hi, all,

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "bbennett320178" <bbennett at j...> wrote:
 
> I'm not a Trekky, but I don't know if Spock wasn't supposed to have 
> any emotions at all, or rather that pure, impersonal logic was so
> highly valued in his culture that emotional logic had almost been 
> weeded out, and was considered illogical. Yes, this is an extreme 
> example, but it's also a good one. 

Spock definitely did have emotions. The backstory is that way back 
when, Vulcans were extremely hot-headed. As a culture they eventually 
embraced pure logic, but the emotions are still there. (IIRC, the 
referenced episode occured quite early in the series, before some of 
this had been developed.) However, even though Spock still had 
emotions, he had been trained from birth to disregard them, and had 
been immersed in a culture that disregarded them. So when dealing with 
the emotional crewmembers, he was at a bit of a loss. IMHO, the 
T=Spock/F=McCoy dichotomy was one of the best things about that 
series, and many shows have tried to copy it, with mixed results.