Qadira
Spock
This Assignment is for all the Darkside students who are interested in the training program.
1. Remember at all times this is not RolePlay. There is a purpose behind using this particular material.
2. Answer honestly. If you do not you will only be cheating your own instruction. This is not the arena for mindgame playing.
3. Instructions: read the following carefully. Compose your answer in essay type format. Be sure to include in your response the following: a. who is more real, Leonard Nimoy or Spock b. in your own life, has luck or probability been more forceful c. do you believe that through using the Force you can or cannot increase your statistical chances of accomplishing your goals. why or why not.
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The excerpt.
Nimoy: Spock, do you have any idea how lucky we are to have each other?Spock: I do not believe in "luck." I believe every event is statistically predictable.
Nimoy: Really? So--at the moment I was born, what were the chances that I would grow up, go to Hollywood, meet Gene Roddenberry, and become famous as a green-blooded, pointy-eared alien from outer space?
Spock: At the moment of your birth? Approximately 789,324,476.76 to 1.
Nimoy: Aha! You see? It was luck, after all! The odds were against it!
Spock: Hardly. Because with each passing moment of your life, one event precipitated another, which made each subsequent occurrence more probable. For example, by moving from Boston to Los Angeles and working hard to perfect your craft, you increased your chancees of a successful acting career by a substantial margin, from 1,726,534.2 to 1, to 351,233.82 to 1 --just as, by attending Starfleet Academy, I increased my chances of serving aboard the Enterprise. As your own Miguel de Cervantes said, "Diligence is the mother of good fortune."
Nimoy: Yes, but even once I got to Hollywood, what were the chances I'd play a space alien--from the planet Vulcan?
Spock: (small sigh) Approximately 3,400,679,929.936 to 1 . . .
Nimoy: I rest my case!
taken from: "I Am Spock" by Leonard Nimoy [c. 1995 Leonard Nimoy] ISBN 0-7868-6182-7
Lady Emma
Be mindful.
People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know. -Brooks Atkinson