# Are Vulcans Possible?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vulcans-possible/806249 "2018-01-09T17:23:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vulcans-possible/806249/28 "2018-01-09T23:48:17Z")

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> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> Also, I vaguely remember asking a similar question in the past. But it has been so long, I honestly don’t know. Now, the search option for this site won’t work for me (I **do** remember posting that once;)). So if anyone knows what I am talking about, feel free to post a link.

Was it this?

> [@What Would Reptillians Really Be Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-reptillians-really-be-like/758021/17):
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> You actually provide me with an opportunity to make clear what I meant. I think I meant a couple of things, actually.
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> I guess I have to confess, I was partly inspired by _Star Trek_, and Vulcans, specifically. Vulcans have no emotions. Now, I am not saying there could be an alien civilization with _no_ emotions. But what about just, say, less emotions, or more blunted emotions? This actually would make a good thread in itself (can a humanoid civilization exist, where the “people” have no emotions?).

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