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Bob Hartwig wrote:
> >
> >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:
> ------------
> * 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.