The EMH and romantic desire.
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Frankly, I think the whole point of the Doctor was that he wasn't merely a machine.
Because he tries to be more than the sum of his parts.
And although this verges into the philosophical, personally I don't consider love to be merely the result of 'hormones and biological chemical reactions'. It's much more than that.
Like others said, he added to his own program. He learned by observing the crew that this was something to be desired, so he wanted to experience it for himself.
^ Maybe, but there were other holograms that came before him that also made no sense. The precedent was set, it was only a matter of tmie before than ran with it. And what we got was amazing.
While I don't know about that! I do believe it was adjustable. That he possessed such attachments and had used "them" is of course canon.
Brit
The question is, did he decide to share his "upgrades" with the Mark II?
On second thought, I don't want to know.
On second thought, I don't want to know.
The question is...how come the Doctor had emotions in the first place? =P
I don't have a problem with his "emotions" so much because at least the illusion of emotion could be programed, I think the question is "did he have sensations." Which actually goes back to the original question.
He had to program the sensation of illness in "Tattoo" so if he could do that maybe he could program others. I read a D/7 fic once that had him make a mental link with Seven and the sensation he enjoyed was hers, I think it was a take off of "Body and Soul."
Brit
^ Well I disagree with that.
But if you are in the "Doctor isn't sentient camp" look at it like this:
He was programmed by an incredibly egotistical and ambitious guy. The Doctor is based on Zimmerman himself and it shows.
But if you are in the "Doctor isn't sentient camp" look at it like this:
He was programmed by an incredibly egotistical and ambitious guy. The Doctor is based on Zimmerman himself and it shows.
I agree with Jaespol even if the Doctor was my favourite character. It made little sense but Picardo was great as were most of the Doctor's episodes.
I have never understood why people have such a big problem with the Doctor being sentient. The only problem is that he acted that way too quickly.
But once some time had passed and he had been turned on way longer than the average hologram, had his program messed with (by others and himself), been combined with alien tech and future tech..why is that so hard to accept?
Trek and Sci-Fi in general have a long history of sentient machines. There were sentient machines and androids running around in TOS. Data was considered sentient. At one time the E-D showed signs of sentience. The nanobots became sentient. The exo-comps became sentient. There are sentient energy beings, sentient rock creatures, sentient computers..why not an android or a hologram?
This is a universe with space whales, Greek god/aliens, Luck enhancers, Time Travel, alternate realities, faster than light travel, Transporters, singularities of other possible flavor and many, many other even more exotic things going on.
Why can people accept all of those outlandish ideas things so easily, but a sentient hologram is somehow impossible?
But once some time had passed and he had been turned on way longer than the average hologram, had his program messed with (by others and himself), been combined with alien tech and future tech..why is that so hard to accept?
Trek and Sci-Fi in general have a long history of sentient machines. There were sentient machines and androids running around in TOS. Data was considered sentient. At one time the E-D showed signs of sentience. The nanobots became sentient. The exo-comps became sentient. There are sentient energy beings, sentient rock creatures, sentient computers..why not an android or a hologram?
This is a universe with space whales, Greek god/aliens, Luck enhancers, Time Travel, alternate realities, faster than light travel, Transporters, singularities of other possible flavor and many, many other even more exotic things going on.
Why can people accept all of those outlandish ideas things so easily, but a sentient hologram is somehow impossible?
Yeah, he ruled the kingdom of the blind with his one eye.
Edit: and perhaps an unintentionally apropos phrasing, given the topic. -_-
