You made your examination under conditions which we cannot trust.
We judge reality by the response of our senses.
Once we are convinced of the reality of a given situation, we abide by its rules.
Certain Freezers - Poltergeists, Stigmata and Constructionism
" The only way he could do it is if he sabotaged certain freezers on the way home... namely, yours.
Then he could jettison the bodies
and make up any story he liked. "
Stigmata are nearly always anatomically incorrect, but iconically accurate - they closely match the wound locations on the crucifixes, statuary and icons in the stigmatics own church.
KIRK:
Spock, you've got something?
SPOCK:
A fact, Captain. Physical laws simply cannot be ignored. Existence cannot be without them.
MCCOY:
What do you mean, Spock?
SPOCK:
I mean, Doctor, that we are faced with a staggering contradiction.
The tranquilliser you created should have been effective.
KIRK:
It would've been effective anywhere else.
SPOCK:
Exactly. Doctor, in your opinion, what killed Mister Chekov?
MCCOY:
A piece of lead in his body.
SPOCK:
Wrong. His mind killed him.
MCCOY:
Come on, Spock. If you've got the answer, tell us.
SPOCK:
Physical reality is consistent with universal laws.
Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality.
All of this is unreal.
MCCOY:
What do you mean unreal?
I examined Chekov. He's dead.
SPOCK:
But you made your examination under conditions which we cannot trust.
We judge reality by the response of our senses.
Once we are convinced of the reality of a given situation, we abide by its rules.
We judged the bullets to be solid, the guns to be real, therefore they can kill.
KIRK:
Chekov is dead because he believed the bullets would kill him.
SPOCK:
He may indeed be dead.
We do not know.
KIRK:
But we do know that the Melkotians created the situation.
If we do not allow ourselves to believe that the bullets are real, they cannot kill us.
SPOCK:
Exactly.
I know the bullets are unreal, therefore they cannot harm me.
KIRK:
We must all be as certain as you are, Mister Spock, to save our lives.
SPOCK:
Precisely.
This, You Can Trust.
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