Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I te tau 2002, i te tirotiro au i tētahi toa pukapuka whakamahia i Pittsburgh, ā, kei reira: "The Ethics of Star Trek" nā Judith Barad rāua ko Ed Robertson. I taua wā, e mahi ana ahau ki te whakauru i te tikanga ki roto i te mātauranga pūkaha i te Whare Wānanga o Penn State. I hohoro tonu taku hoko i te pukapuka, ā, i muri i taku pānui, ka mōhio au ka taea e ia te hanga i tētahi akoranga ātaahua mō ā mātou ākonga pūkaha tau tuatahi. I whakaekea e au te akoranga tuatahi, The Ethics of Star Trek, i te ngahuru o te tau 2003 -- ā, e whakaako tonu ana ahau i taua akoranga mai i taua wā. I tipu ake aku tamariki i te mātakitaki i ngā whakaaturanga i whai ake i te raupapa taketake, i haere tonu ai te tikanga i whakatūria e te kaihanga o "Star Trek", a Gene Roddenberry, e pā ana ki ngā kaupapa o nāianei pērā i te pakanga, te patu iwi me te whakapoke. He whakangahau pai tēnei mō te whānau, ā, ka akiaki hoki ki te whakaaroaro i runga i ngā take o te rā. Na ko tēnei tūhura i te mokowā me ngā take o te rā i whakaaweawe ai ahau ki te whakamātau ki te whakamahi i ēnei akoranga matatika ki ngā ākonga. Ko te tuatahi ko te whakahoahoa i waenganui i a Kapene Kirk, a Mr. Spock, me Tākuta McCoy, e mohiotia ana ko Bones. I whakaahuatia e Plato te wairua o te tangata e toru ngā āhuatanga: te wairua, te whakaaro, me te āwangawanga. I roto i a tātou, e whai ana ia tangata kia taurite ēnei kaha e toru. Mēnā ka taea e tātau te mahi pai i tēnei, ka noho mātau hei tangata pai ake, ā, ka eke ki te wha o ngā āhuatanga: ko te tika. Mā te whakanoho i a Kirk (te wairua), Spock (te whakaaro) me Bones (te manawa) ki roto i ngā āhuatanga wero, ka kite mātou i te pāhekoheko o ēnei kaha, ā, ka rongo mātou i a rātou e kōrero ana i tētahi kōrero ā-roto. He aha a Spock i tino nui ai i konei? No te mea e koropiko ana nga Vulcans ki te arorau me te whakaaro. Ahakoa he hawhe tangata ia, ka whakakahoretia e ia ōna āhuatanga. Ehara i te mea miharo ko ia te rangatira pūtaiao, i te mea ko te pūtaiao e hāngai ana ki te whakaaro. Na, ka taea te whakawhirinaki ki a Mr. Spock ki te tuku i ngā tātaritanga pūtaiao whai take i roto i ngā āhuatanga katoa, e kore e whakaawetia e te manawa, e te wairua rānei. A, mai i te mea kaore ratou i roto i te mokowā ki te kore pūtaiao, ko Spock pea te tangata tino nui mo te angitu o te haerenga. Na, i pēhea te whakamahi i ēnei katoa i roto i te...
Ko te kaiwhakaari o "Star Trek" a Leonard Nimoy i mate i te Paraire i te 83 o ona tau. Andy Lau: Tata ki ia wāhanga he akoranga matatika, he raruraru rānei.