A clever video explaining a few of the many philosophies in Star Trek.

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One of the things I’ve always loved about Star Trek is that it’s a franchise with real depth. Now I don’t mean depth in that it contains a lot of characters or cannon, which of course it does, I mean intellectual depth.

Star Trek doesn’t propose one theory on life or get behind any one set of beliefs, instead it shows you a plethora of ideas and lets you see the bad and good behind them all.

In this YouTube video Wisecrack attempts to breakdown and explain some of the philosophical ideas behind Star Trek. The video is a little bit slow to start and starts off by saying it’s only going to dissect the ideas in the Kelvin Trek… but then if you give it a few minutes ends up delving into everything anyway.

Check out “The Philosophy of Star Trek” for yourself.



I think the best point made in this video is about why Star Trek has such longevity. If Star Wars sticks around because it copies the layout and structure of epic myths; Star Trek sticks around because it tells stories that mirror the real world and makes us think about our own society and its problems.

Do you have a favorite philosophy of Star Trek? Is there something in Star Trek that you connect with in your daily life? Let us know on Facebook or in the comments below.