I canāt think of a single VOY episode with mind-melds that didnāt have a character treating it as a super taboo or dangerous telepathic ability.
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Because it IS dangerous. Trek lore has established that mind melds carry the risk of neurological damage, emotional overload, and Panar Syndrome in the melder.
And even if all of those risks are mitigated, mind-melds are incredibly personal and Vulcans donāt engage in them flippantly.
Mind melds are overused and treated too lightly and simply by modern trek. I actually like Voyagerās take on it.
Interesting take. Do you have an example?
i havenāt watched modern trek because blehhhh, but i presume itās just used as a deus ex machina? āah crap we donāt have a sensible solution to this situation, letās just have them mind meld to get the informationā, shit like that?
I donāt really remember the details. I just remember rolling my eyes and thinking āNot this shit again.ā
Enterprise has a mind meld rape causing a disease for TāPol so VOY isnāt the only series with bad mind meld juju.
thatās kinda different thoughā¦ enterprise happened before the kirāshara discovery which changed vulcan society from ātelepathy tabooā to ātelepathy okayā. in their taboo society, there were references to the fact that paānar syndrome was incurable only because anyone with it were outcasts and thus undeserving of help
after the discovery of the kirāshara, vulcan society changed and their attitudes to mind melds in particular changed significantly
Mind melds are like unprotected sex. Fine to be done with a trusted partner, not something you want to do a lot with randos
- The mind is usually considered a private area. Most people want their thoughts to themselves under most circumstances.
- Also, this stuff actually predates VOY; In TNGās āSarekā, Sarek is hesitant to mind-meld with Picard to temporarily treat his Bendii syndrome.
- On a random note, my history teacher had this as a poster on her wall:
That is such a bizarre image.
Because Tuvok, and the rest of the crew, esp Janeway, lacked anything resembling ethics or scruples.
I donāt get your pointā¦ are you suggesting NOT mind-melding is unethical?
No. I was being snide and should have been more clear:
Janeway, I believe, was an especially unscrupulous captain who too often crossed the line to get what she wanted. This often included getting Tuvok, one way or another, to perform mind-melds under morally dubious circumstances. Sometimes Tuvok would undertake such endeavors on his own, without any prompting from Janeway, even without her knowledge at times.
I liked Voyager, but that crew was shady as shit.
thats some lord of the flies shit
They always were. Even when Spock was using them, he only used them when there was no other choice, and even then, there was no generally no small risk to both parties.
From Enterprise, mind melds are treated as something both sensitive and private. Things you do with someone you trust. That seems to have carried over in the intervening centuries, but youāre still not meant to meld with everything willy-nilly.
