Corgana@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 months agoCaptain, masking is highly illogicalstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIsn’t Data’s whole identity based around making himself more palatable?
minus-squareBobo The Great@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think it’s more about learning to be human. He imitates other people and their mannerism not because they find his nature inconvenient, but because he think that my imitating them he can understand.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOther way around, his mandate is to emulate humans, so he seeks to understand so that he may do so better, even while lacking emotions.
Isn’t Data’s whole identity based around making himself more palatable?
I think it’s more about learning to be human. He imitates other people and their mannerism not because they find his nature inconvenient, but because he think that my imitating them he can understand.
Other way around, his mandate is to emulate humans, so he seeks to understand so that he may do so better, even while lacking emotions.