Star Trek Are Vulcans Ticklish?

Are Vulcans Ticklish?

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 6:55 pm

This is just a random question I came up yesterday. Maybe someone can explain. I mean, I would think they could be ticklish, since it's just a reaction, but I dunno. If they do, do they go berserk? The way a Minbari does off of B5 when they have alcohol?

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 7:14 pm

I don't know if they're ticklish, but they definitely have more tactile sensitivity than humans, so they tend not to engage in casual touching. I mean, touching hands is pretty much kissing for Vulcans, so yeah...I guess I haven't answered your question at all but I imagine anything humans feel, Vulcans also feel...but more intensely.

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 7:33 pm

I would think so, too. But I don't think that they would laugh the way we do when tickled.

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 8:00 pm

I would think that since they physiology is different, their nerves and responses are different. Of course, since they're humanoid, that doesn't preclude them from having a response to that sort of stimulus.

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 8:06 pm

I doubt it. Vulcans are not supposed to even be able to physically laugh (I remember McCoy's alarmed response in "Plato's Stepchildren" when the aliens manipulated Spock, and forced him to laugh), so I am prone to believe that Vulcans would not respond to "ticklish" spots as humans do. I rather doubt that they are ticklish at all, considering their anatomy is so different... why not their nervous system?

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Report this Jan. 27 2011, 8:53 pm

They would just block that sensation just like their emotions.

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Report this Jan. 28 2011, 9:45 am

They would probably say "Are you trying to illicit a biophysical response resembling an emotional outbreak?"

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Report this Jan. 28 2011, 5:03 pm

I think Swicherdawna is right that sounds like a true vulcan to me.

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Report this Jan. 28 2011, 6:23 pm

Quote: switcherdawna @ Jan. 28 2011, 9:45 am

They would probably say "Are you trying to illicit a biophysical response resembling an emotional outbreak?"

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Report this Jan. 29 2011, 4:57 pm

lol

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Report this Feb. 06 2011, 6:58 pm

I totally agree with you switcherdawna. That is very typical of a Vulcan.

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Report this Feb. 07 2011, 4:23 am

From my own experience:
Laughing while tickling is not emotional response, it's physiology. Like a sneezing reflex when you have something in your nose. As opposed to it, laughing is not important to stay alive. You won't suffocate. It's possible to block it and not laugh. It depends on willpower and, of course, on person (I can, some peers not).

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Report this Feb. 07 2011, 10:55 am

Tickling is a torture method, not fun. I'd go berserk. If a Vulcan would so, depends on strength of his/her willpower.

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Report this Feb. 27 2011, 3:03 pm

Guys hold on. science aside all things are ticklish ok? tickle your dog or cat, fish,brother whatever else have you.

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Report this Mar. 01 2011, 11:05 am

Yes, they probably are ticklish, but they just don't laugh or squirm or something when you do it. Obviously Vulcans wouldn't be tickling other Vulcans, but if someone else tickled them, they'd just tell you it was an illogical activity or something.

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