logic vs. gut feeling theme
Someone must decide, in a given situation, which course of action is the better: the one dictated by their gut instinct or the one dictated by their head (logic).
13 total · 4 major · 9 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng3x06 | major | Geordi preferred for a human to manually pilot the Enterprise through a dangerous course, because, according to him, the ship's computer could not compensate for such intangibles as human intuition and experience. |
| tng5x18 | major | The feelings of deja vu experienced by Beverly and others at each of the various iterations of the time loop made them feel like something was gravely wrong, and as a result they struggled with whether to trust their feelings or shrug them off. |
| tos1x13 | major | Spock's cold and calculating approach to getting off the planet was questioned by the landing party. |
| tos2x18 | major | Spock and McCoy nearly relieved Captain Kirk of duty when Kirk refused to listen to logic in coming to his decision to chase a possibly nonexistent cloud creature, relying instead on his intuition. |
| tng3x10 | minor | Geordi and Data discussed the pros and cons of relying on one's gut feeling versus the making of rational judgements based on cold hard facts. |
| tng4x21 | minor | Picard refused to confine Simon to his quarters based solely on Betazoid intuition. |
| tos1x01 | minor | Captain Kirk defeated the ever-logical Spock at 3D chess by making an illogical move. |
| tos1x12 | minor | Kirk's gut feeling was not enough to convince Spock of Kodos' guilt. |
| tos2x26 | minor | Captain Kirk went with his gut feeling and trusted Gary Seven at a critical moment. |
| tos3x14 | minor | Spock didn't take Scotty seriously when Scotty reported that something about the ship "feels wrong". |