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title: "‘Star Trekking’"
date: "2007-02-22T12:41:44+00:00"
modified: "2012-04-05T15:15:51+01:00"
url: "https://andrewcopson.com/2007/02/star-trekking-ns-blog/"
post_id: 61
categories: ["Blog"]
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# ‘Star Trekking’

Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, was also a prominent American humanists and he was clear about the values of Star Trek: ‘It speaks to some basic human needs, that there is a tomorrow – it’s not all going to be over in a big flash and a bomb, that the human race is improving, that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids – human beings built them because they’re clever and they work hard. And ‘Star Trek’ is about those things.’

My [last New Statesman blog on Humanism](http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2007/02/star-trek-humanist-values "Star Trekking") is about Star Trek.