Lecture: No nirvana for biologic
INT. COMBAT AREA
KIRK: I’m sorry, Shahna. I didn’t lie. I did what was necessary. Someday, I hope you’ll understand.
SHAHNA: I understand, a little. You will leave us now?
KIRK: Yes.
SHAHNA: To go back to the lights in the sky?
KIRK: Yes.
SHAHNA: I would like to go to those lights with you. Take me?
KIRK: I can’t.
SHAHNA: Then teach me how, and I will follow you.
KIRK: There’s so much you must learn here first. The Providers will teach you. Learn it, Shahna. all your people must learn before you can reach for the stars.
Although biologic produces the outermost shell of free agency and executive function, biology itself cannot come along for the ride to nirvana. The Tao of biology is survival, and it must stay behind.
Sad and tender, our circumstance.