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He just sits his ass down on all those buttons- he may or may not be firing lasers out into space (lemmus.org)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/startrek@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The ship knows exactly who is where and what their intent is. The buttons are only needed because a direct brain-computer link would drive the computer insane.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Why do they even need Data? It seems like in episodes where they really make use of the ships computer (like the one where Dr Crusher is stuck in a collapsing universe) the computer is just as effective. Also when they are doing NCIS style enhance on an image or something.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    They cannot beam the computer down to planets, and also Data has a lot of character driven stories that wouldn't work with the ship. The ship definitely doesn't care to be more human like or to create art.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Why do they need any crew member? Just send the ship off by itself!

    Except that the entire point is for the crew to go out and look around themselves. They're not just serving a function, they're explorers. And so is Data.

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