In Theory
From: Mark R
Don't worry if not everyone agrees. That makes for a good discussion. When one side quashes the other's speech, freedom dies.
I want to take this opportunity to say that this episode is why we all listen to your podcast. I will go out on a limb and say right here and now there is no other podcast dedicating 7 minutes to a dissertation on sock softness. Take that NPR!
I imagine kissing Data would be a cross between licking a cardboard box and touching your tongue to the end of a 9-volt battery.
I guess my question is: Why would anyone date Data? He isn't real. I ask my phone questions and it answers me but I don't have a relationship with it. This goes on even in society today. They are developing robots to assist people and they have said they will make them human-like so people will accept them. They are robots, period. Same as Data. A tool to be used, a mobile computer.
Mark R
