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I recall all the failed Doctor programs working as slave labor in one Voyager ep.

If you're giving it the ability to go beyond it's program, you're creating a new (and repeatable) program.

Go put some pants on. Geesh.

Can't they? Remember Moriarty. Also, it's just a matter of programming.

Data is a machine.

No?

What's the difference between Data and a computer program?

My question wasn't so much whether Jadzia Dax is traditionally transgender. Obviously not. What I meant was, can Jadzia Dax be understood as an equivalent in a make believe situation.

They kinda swept that lil tidbit under the rug in subsequent series, it seems.

Do AI prostitutes have right of refusal to clients? In order for the holodeck to work, the AI characters need to "think " for themselves. Moriarty escaped from the holodeck and caused some serious problems. Define sentience. Data is sentient. So was Moriarty. Do electric prostitutes dream of...

It was heavily implied that the holosuites he rented out had prostitution programs. Do AI prostitutes count as "real" protitutes? I would think so since Data is allowed self-determination.

I always understood that Starfleet members don't get paid and that's how Starfleet attracts the people who want to be in SF so much, they'll work for free. Obviously, there's money in the future. Quark runs a casino and a whorehouse.

Do I get a gold star for starting a 15 page thread? :hugegrin:

You seem more openminded than most social conservatives.

No. I'm talking people who stubbornly insist the ST of 1960s-1990s weren't well ahead of their time.

It's weird because I have had discussions w far right people who will stubbornly insist ST wasn't "woke" for it's time and I just want to Picard facepalm. I think people like what they like and will gaslight themselves into not seeing any conflict of interest.

Trek has gone "obvious" because the conservatives either ignored or didn't get the subtle wokeness of the 1960s-1990s ST.

Do you think the ST creators knew this at the time or do you think they just thought the idea of an organism switching hosts was a cool sci-fi gimmick?

Go on, please.

Can Jadzia Dax be read as transgender?