Corgana@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 个月前Captain, masking is highly illogicalstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down13
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageCaptain, masking is highly illogicalstartrek.websiteCorgana@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 个月前message-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 个月前Isn’t Data’s whole identity based around making himself more palatable?
minus-squareBobo The Great@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 个月前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 by imitating them he can understand.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前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.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 个月前Not a lack of emotion, but a learned habit of suppressed emotions, which is why it works for masking.
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 by 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.
Not a lack of emotion, but a learned habit of suppressed emotions, which is why it works for masking.