gjm comments on In memory of Leonard Nimoy, most famous for playing the (straw) rationalist Spock, what are your top 3 ST:TOS episodes with him? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 06 March 2015 03:32:48PM *  3 points [-]

Hence "(straw)" in the title. See e.g. this summary of a talk by Julia Galef about the difference between being a Straw Vulcan (memetic hazard warning: TVTropes) and being an actual practitioner of rationality.

[EDITED to link to the LW article that has a transcript of the original talk an a link to the YouTube video.]