Comments on: Star Trek and Depression http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1372 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:07:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1372/comment-page-1#comment-8335 William Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:14:49 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1372#comment-8335 I don't feel so much like a major geek now. I am such a trekkie that when I was abut 13 or so I belt a fort that looked just like the ncc-1701 I don’t feel so much like a major geek now. I am such a trekkie that when I was abut 13 or so I belt a fort that looked just like the ncc-1701

]]> By: RAB http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1372/comment-page-1#comment-8212 RAB Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:47:13 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1372#comment-8212 Oliver Sachs has also written about relating to patients through a shared love of Star Trek. An essay of his about Professor Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic, published in <i>An Anthropolgist On Mars</i> has a section about their shared affection for Commander Data. It discusses how someone with autism would naturally identify with the character of an android who learns how to act like a "normal person" by studing human behavior, coming to understand some aspects of our psychology better from the perspective of an outsider than a non-autistic person would. Sachs would recognize exactly what you're describing here. This is a really touching story, especially when you note how she brightened your rotation. Thanks for reprinting this! Oliver Sachs has also written about relating to patients through a shared love of Star Trek. An essay of his about Professor Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic, published in An Anthropolgist On Mars has a section about their shared affection for Commander Data. It discusses how someone with autism would naturally identify with the character of an android who learns how to act like a “normal person” by studing human behavior, coming to understand some aspects of our psychology better from the perspective of an outsider than a non-autistic person would.

Sachs would recognize exactly what you’re describing here. This is a really touching story, especially when you note how she brightened your rotation. Thanks for reprinting this!

]]> By: Dustin http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1372/comment-page-1#comment-8208 Dustin Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:49:51 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1372#comment-8208 No longer am I embarassed to be a Trekkie. Actually, I never was, but if I had been, this would've been the story that cured that. No longer am I embarassed to be a Trekkie.

Actually, I never was, but if I had been, this would’ve been the story that cured that.

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