[narf poit chez BOOM]

Any release of emotion has the potential to interfere with logic and reason.

so, a more logical responce to me would be to spend a set hour in the equivalent of a mental breakdown.

I have to defend this one. This plot twist was explained in later episodes. There was a race of beings the went around creating duplicate worlds and transplating raced to those worlds for study. However something happened to the race and it was wiped out by another race. Both TOS and TNG, as well as episodes in DS9, mention races that did this.

plot hole cover. mind you, i'm not saying there not needed sometimes, and in TOS it was all new. i don't think they where sure how to make aliens, not to mention a low effects budget. but, if there's aliens out there, a human may one day discuss the practical applications of pacifism with something that looks like the alien from the Alien movies.