Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
Bob Hartwig (hartwig@ais.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:49:58 -0500
>
>if i read that manual enough, studying every paragraph and made a daily
>regime out it... fanatically watched the episodes (my preachers of the holy
>word of my star trek technical manual) bought the action figures (idols) ..
>and attended the conventions (mass) .. i would find the answers i crave in
>life, the harmony between races as the Federation commands, the Prime
>Directive, the diplomacy of meeting new people, and the sciences of
>discovering new things...
>
If you do all that, you'll likely find another parallel between Star Trek
and religion:
>From the 11/18/97 News of the Weird:
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* Psychologist Sandy Wolfson told The Times of London in June
that her research on fans of "Star Trek" reveals as many as 10
percent to meet the clinical definition of addicts, especially when
they go through physical withdrawal during their show's absence.
Further, like classic drug addicts, they seem to require ever-
increasing doses to overcome their tolerance levels.