Measure of a Man

This clip shows Picard trying to prove that Data is a sentient life form and should be treated like one.

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[dave41184]

Proof in these 5 or so minutes why Picard is a million times better than Kirk :)

[ElizabethR1558]

"Your honour, Starfleet was founded upon seeking out new life....well there it sits!" Patrick Steward in another amazing performance.

[shafta99]

@themixedarts actually among quantum physiicitsts it is. what that means i don't know. maybe that this was all destined to be and we just following the program. we are just infants. reality and unreality may be blurred in the future.

[indoom666]

@shafta99 /watch?v=ysU56JzBjTY&feature=r­elated go to 3:06. he learns from talking. He talks about being disturbed when he questions his existence.

[themixedarts]

@sondano Yes, my thoughts too. We like to think humans are more worthy of living, but someday they will be able to yearn for things, they will hope, dream, feel and have living tissue. Something capable of desire will also be capable of feeling conflicted, who's to say something like that doesn't deserve to be called an intelligent life form?

[sondano]

@themixedarts hey I would never treat androids and humans as equal as humans would clearly be inferior

[themixedarts]

@shafta99 Are you saying we're holograms in a simulation or something?

[shafta99]

@themixedarts as spock would say. you cannot allow your emotinalism overrule your logic.

[shafta99]

@themixedarts we are stardust. just a glimpse of reality. they also say the universe is programmed. if you put a walllet in a black hole it disperses evenly the bits that made it. the universe is thus then digital programs and we are holograms. look it up scientits now believe int that. so we are unreal too just an illusion cought in a sunbeam

[shafta99]

@themixedarts and then what. are we now gods. i know what your saying. yeah nano bots. that can one day control all humans.

[themixedarts]

@shafta99 It's not too far from science fiction right now, a lot of the tech is already here and new stuff is being learned every year, for instance scientists found a way to create a living metal organism, yup, cells made of metal that can reproduce, so I wouldn't be too hasty to say what can't be done now days.

[shafta99]

@shafta99 like you saying sugar and sugar substitute are the same. no that can never be.