Hi world,
Leonard Nimoy passed today, and we
mourn his loss. Not just because he played Mr. Spock on Star Trek,
and not because he was a famous actor, but because in playing the
science officer of the Enterprise, because in being involved with the
series, he helped shape the world we live in.
They may have used pepper shakers as
props for the communicators, but we have real communicators (cell
phones). They may have only imagined tablets and touchscreen control
panels, but we have them. A great many innovations have come from
today's scientists – from engineers to astrophysicists – watching
Star Trek when they were young and thinking “That's cool. I wish
we had that,” then turning those dreams into reality.
Yes, Mr.
Spock took being logical to an extreme, but science is
logical. We needed Mr. Spock more than James Kirk to change the way
we think, the way we communicate, the way we access information. He
was more than just his character, but the character he was able to
portray so adeptly is an integral part of our culture, and we thank
him for it.
To his
friends and family, you are in our thoughts. Mr. Nimoy had a
profound effect on all of us, whether we were children during the
original television series in 1966, or the movie reboot in 2009.
Thank you for giving us decades of imagination and wonder.
-SWW
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