Re: [OT] The "genetically superior intellect", indeed!

Mary McK wrote:
> whodunit wrote:
>> MarkRRose wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The Emmerdale Iron Man wrote:
>>>> I was thinking about something in wrath of Khan that has always
bugged
>>>> me. When khan is monitoring kirk and spocks conversation between the
>>>> enterprise and the genesis cave, and spock is giving kirk repair time
>>>> estimates and says "If we go by the book captain, hours would seem
like
>>>> days". Spock's inflection practically tells that they are talking in
>>>> code. He explains it to Kirk over the open channel, for christ's
sake!
>>>> Kirk and Spock are always going on about what a genius khan is, and
he
>>>> was supposed to be a big general/ ruler back on Earth. Couldn't he
>>>> figure out that Kirk and Spock would have some kind of protected
>>>> communication mode or code? Kind of obvious and short sighted for 
>>>> such a
>>>> "genius", don't you think?
>>>
>>> Well, Kirk did mention how Khan is intelligent, but inexperienced.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>> In the movie, Spock explained that Khan might be super-intelligent, but
>> he was also 2 dimensional. Kirk thinks on the 3-D level (and beyond),
>> that's why he always beats Spock at 3-D chess. ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Are you following me around the 'net!! LOL!  I thought the whole 'Khan 
> was less than overly bright' thing in the movie might have been 
> explained away by his overwhelming obsession with getting revenge....so 
> much so that he lost track of almost everything else!
> 
> 
> Mary McK
> yep the same one you have known for years!

LOL, Mary. ;-) How you doing, girl?
Actually, I just realized this was cross posted all over the place.

Khan was still a genius, despite his obsession with Kirk et al--
I think Spock hit the nail on the head though. Khan couldn't think
'outside the box', while Jim is an expert at it...that's why he cheated 
death for so long. :-)

Carolyne in TX