Nimoy Sunset Pie

Vulcanologists have long debated the meaning of the familiar Vulcan salute. In the classic interpretation (see figure 1a), the salute represents the pie wedge, the traditional Vulcan symbol of prosperity. But an increasingly vocal minority of researchers known as “The Spockers” claim it represents the ancient Vulcan proverb “dahkuh shihvek-ur dahkuh igen-ur” meaning roughly “two in the pie, two in the sky” (figure 1b).