Of course, if predetermination were to be fact, then we all only think that we have overcome anything. I don't know, I'm confused--I'll have to ask The Doctor. Maybe he can see things more clearly.
Does The Doctor Have Real Genuine Emotions?
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Of course, if predetermination were to be fact, then we all only think that we have overcome anything. I don't know, I'm confused--I'll have to ask The Doctor. Maybe he can see things more clearly.
Human emotions are just as mechanical being chimical reactions in our brain. As such, the Doctor being self-aware and afraid of his own death gives him emotions that are just as genuine. His reactions, that his HOW he exterialize the emotions is programmed, but the "feeling" itself is generated in real-time and in response to an event.
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But if you programmed him to enjoy being suicidal, would he say "fuck that"?
He is valuable and useful, so of course he is going to be programed to want to live.It's ridiculous to assume that needing to live is his idea alone.
The Alternative is Marvin the paranoid android.
He is valuable and useful, so of course he is going to be programed to want to live.It's ridiculous to assume that needing to live is his idea alone.
The Alternative is Marvin the paranoid android.
Oh, no. You had to bring up Marvin. I'm so depressed now.
I suppose it's difficult to imagine something non-biological having emotions. I think our definition is limited by our own technology and experiences. Perhaps his program experienced processes that are analogous to the physiological changes that occur in human beings as we experience emotion.
Regardless, he certainly simulated and seemed to experience genuine emotion. It was quite touching, actually.
Regardless, he certainly simulated and seemed to experience genuine emotion. It was quite touching, actually.
I think a good first step toward answering the question would be laying down a good working definition of 'emotion'.
I agree and anyone having any doubts about this needs to take a second look at the episode "Real Life".
I think the idea is all about "spontaneous emotion" rather than being able to communicate emotively, because if you need a hand up your ass demanding how you communicate then you're a puppet to another's whim you personally have no control over.
But then, we're all programmed by something.
But then, we're all programmed by something.
My vote is that prior to the episode where he had to choose between Kim and Ensign nobody, he did not- they were simply projections of emotions. After that episode he was 'born' and had emotions from that point on.
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