THE SPOCK TECHNIQUE: A real hands-on experience !
Spock, from Star Trek, had the advantage of being able to place his fingers around someone’s face or neck and thereby extract the knowledge they posses--the old Vulcan hand-in-the-face trick.
Imagine how that could shorten a semester’s class. I’ve had a few students actually try it, but it seems to do nothing but leave finger prints and bruises. The students do seem to feel better if nothing else. However, I do not advocate this mode of communication, at least for this century. Let’s look at something else.