Quote Originally Posted by Mister Adequate View Post
Yeah but being able to help and choosing not to because of some nebulous possibility that it will turn out badly in the long run is just as presumptive as sticking your oar in everywhere regardless of whether it's needed. Like at that stage you get into such abstract thinking that there's no point to doing anything. Maybe in five thousand years helping Primitive Race X will have turned out to be a terrible idea, but that's for people in 7350 to worry about.
Very fair. As to your previous point yeah it makes people of the future seem pretty detached, but as a kid I also thought TNG made me feel like the future was a world without toilets or (much) blood or sweat etc. - definitely a big impact on me

I thoroughly enjoyed Into Darkness except (SPOILER)OG Spock and the KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN yell.

Though I knew the latter had to happen