Interestingly it was ruled he was a man by virtue of the ability to sing. Didn’t know it was a Heinlein thing until recently. “Jerry was a Man” is a good short story and was made into a outer limits episode, which is where I first came upon it. And what about Moriarty? Shouldn’t he have been brought out to speak on his behalf too? Also there are many more things that could have been touched on that just weren’t, like the fact that they have a treaty of sorts with a “being/civilization” that is made up completely of nanites and if Data isn’t a person then that civilization couldn’t be as well and therefor didn’t have to honor their agreement… which was formed less than a year ago. Polaski would have been a great inclusion here for her thoughts on the subject. I would have loved it if this was a two parter and made it somewhat of a flashback episode. Shameful that we’ll probably end up making the wrong moral choices based on economic concerns despite this. Spectacular that somebody’s thinking about these things before they become real. I think this question is something we’re going to have to deal with in the near future both for genetically engineered creatures and sentient machines.
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I wonder if she would have learned something or just waved it off and said the court was being stupid?Īre you familiar with a 1947 Heinlein short story called “Jerry was a Man”? It’s basically the same story as this, though the defendant is a genetically modified servant chimp on trial for whether he’s property or a free man.
A wonderful observation on your part, and one that never occurred to me.
But PULASKI would have stood to learn even more … like why it’s NOT OK to treat Data the way she has been in the previous episodes. Riker is a good choice, and I loved that he got the character development of being forced to betray a friend in order to save him. Pulaski would have been a better candidate for the prosecution than Riker. I was particularly intrigued by your suggestion that Dr. I was practically reduced to tears when I first saw this. But if you DON’T say this is among the best TNG episodes so far, I’ll be astonished. Think for yourself: Topics that boil down to "Should I watch.", "Will I like." or "Change my view on." are not contributing anything to the community.I haven’t gotten to the “meanings, messages and morals” and “does it hold up?” part of this podcast yet … my drive to work isn’t quite long enough. Meta: Send a modmail instead of making public posts or comments about: other users of this subreddit, the rules or moderators, the community at large or other subreddits, downvotes/upvotes. Spoilers: Utilize the spoiler system for any and all spoilers relating to the most recently-aired episodes, as well as previews for upcoming episodes.
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