KevinMD June 15, 2024
One of my all-time favorite quotes from the original Star Trek episodes (“Balance of Terror”) is spoken by Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk: “In this galaxy, there’s a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us… [pause]… Don’t destroy the one named Kirk.”
McCoy is waxing philosophic. He’s saying that despite the enormous vastness of the universe, there is only one of you. You are unique and quite irreplaceable. So don’t destroy yourself. (Kirk was about to wage battle with the Romulans). And while three million million must have seemed like a large number in...
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