Non Sequitur! Illogical! Illogical!

This headline causes one's synapses to skip a beat: Spears Says Mom Approved of Madonna Kiss:

"Well, my mom liked it actually. I was really kind of nervous! I was like, `Oh my God, my mom ... she's going to see this!'" Spears told Billy Bush in an interview on "Access Hollywood." Excerpts from Thursday night's show were released in advance.

"But no, she liked it! And my dad, weirdly enough, he thought it was fine, too. I mean, come on ... it's Madonna. If you can kiss any girl in the world, that has to be her."

This all hits my brain like one of those old scifi shows in the 1950s and 1960s when a human is able to lock up a computer or robot by feeding it data that doesn't make sense. Usually resulting in said machine shouting: "Illogical! Illogical!!" whilst it smoked, sparked and shut down as our hero ran for his ship.

Kirk did it on nearly a weekly basis on TOS. The most notable example would be in "I, Mudd" where he and the crew thwart Norman the Android.

And further, is it any wonder that some argue that our culture is in decline? :)

Posted by Steven Taylor at September 5, 2024 08:48 AM | TrackBack