Data from Star Trek is one of a long tradition of robot characters whose mechanical detachment when interacting with non-robots make for a lovable naivety. When an android is not working to end humankind, we find that really endearing.
Also, the idea of the robot handling human issues without the typically obscuring factor of human emotion is the human’s dream of efficiency. Well, an engineer human’s dream, at least.
Data has quirks, tics, and desires that make him seem human, or like he admires human characteristics, even though he is not. Data does these ...
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