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Originally Posted by Duruss
Maybe that is because you are not Autistic./s
I liked the episode a lot, there is an interesting subtext about autism in this episode, but you have to be aware of Autistic culture. The vulcanized crew were arrogant, supremacists and ultimately ignorant of what it takes to be Vulcan let alone among humans. It shows the work Spock has put in to himself to live among humans in a some what healthy way. His exchange with Doug was very relatable.
Some folk on the spectrum can develope a superiority complex, like in this episode and it goes about as well as things did in this episode. Trying to pass emotional bias as logic when it's really a lack of personal awareness. I spend a lot of time working of the balance between nuance and bluntness and that makes Spock and this episode very relatable.
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I kind of figured they'd have done away with that in the future, thing is the episode could have been interesting if they'd been 'unevolved Vulcans' because we know the Vulcans had a period of time in their culture where they were aggressive and war-like before finding Logic.
And why did they magically become full-on, Kolinar accepted, pure logic Vulcans with the wave of a hypospray? Not having to do any of the emotional work?
Has Starfleet told the Vulcans that they have the technology to 'spray the emotions away?' Thats kind of a big deal.