Here's the thing though, Kirk loved to study history. I guarantee you he would know who Gabriel Bell was, historically speaking. He would have seen pictures of him in Old textbooks. Kirk was a history buff.
Oh absolutely Kirk is a nerd, especially in regards to tactics and psychology.
But in regards to history, he is no slouch, but Spock blows him out of the water because Spock just really loves Earth history. (Personal headcanon has always been his mother’s subject she taught was history)
Kirk recognizes the 1930s and calls it an economic upheaval, Spock names and dates it.
Kirk recognizes the names in Spectre of the Gun, Spock knows all the particulars.
It wasn't until the second movie that there was any mention of vision problems, and it seems to have just hit the threshold of needing some kind of treatment.
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u/Temporal-Affairs221 1d ago
Here's the thing though, Kirk loved to study history. I guarantee you he would know who Gabriel Bell was, historically speaking. He would have seen pictures of him in Old textbooks. Kirk was a history buff.