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Old 09-01-2004, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GermanStar
Yes, and I recall the episode had a general theme, as most episodes of Trek did. In this case, that there is no substitute for experience. Scotty, dated and out of his element, saved the day with experience and intuition when the more current and educated LaForge couldn't get it done.
The rules were unique. One of the elements, and I don’ remember the specific name of it, but there was a bit of hardware that they used to get the downed shuttle moving again. Jordy said to do what they wanted they’d have to greatly exceed the design spec of the hardware. Scotty said that they could as he wrote the spec and left it (the spec) under rated.

But definitely experience pays dividends that education and mastery of current technology alone can’t. Without experience you can’t change the rules enough to solve more vexing problems. Thanks for pointing that out!
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