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Risk is our business.
— Kirk · Star Trek: The Original Series
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An editorial interpretation.
Kirk makes risk sound like the cost of exploration. His crew cannot learn something new while demanding certainty about every outcome. The line comes from Return to Tomorrow, where the possibility of scientific discovery has to be weighed against the crew’s safety.
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