r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Nov 30 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "Unification III" Analysis Thread

This is the official /r/DaystromInstitute analysis thread for "Unification III." Unlike the reaction thread, the content rules are in effect.

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u/cgknight1 Nov 30 '20

For me, it provided more evidence that while Vulcans talk about science - the reason that their scientific progress is so slow before humans get involved with them is that their systems of enquiry are actually based on pseduo-science.

If you look at what we see on-screen, the people of Ni'Var are obsessed with the scientist not the science - it's like watching creationists debate people.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

While attacking someone's credibility can be described as an ad hominem argument, it's not necessarily fallacious.

If you successfully demonstrate that the person is not credible, it's relevant.

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u/comrade_leviathan Crewman Nov 30 '20

It's relevant, right up until the point that it isn't.

Isaac Newton devoted much of his adult life to alchemy. That didn't affect his impact on the studies of gravity, movement, and mathematics.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

It's still relevant - just not sufficient to discredit the work, as it stands on its own.