Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
The Quality of Life (1992)
Ellen Bry: Dr. Farallon
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Quotes
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Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : You know, I'll bet you were the kind of little girl who was always climbing one branch higher than the other kids.
Dr. Farallon : Anything to get to the top of the tree.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : And I bet you never fell.
Dr. Farallon : Oh, no, I fell all the time, usually breaking a bone in the process. I just never let it stop me.
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Dr. Farallon : [referring to Data] I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for Dr. Soong's accomplishment. But his intention was to create an artificial life form. *I* created the exocomps to be tools. And there is a big difference between Data and a tool.
Lt. Commander Data : Doctor, there is a big difference between you and a virus. But both are alive.
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[Data has theorized that the exocomps might have a survival instinct]
Dr. Farallon : You're anthropomorphizing these units. Like any mechanical devices, they occasionally malfunction. One time I saw an exocomp enter a reaction chamber for no apparent reason and vaporize itself. Is that supposed to make me think it was depressed and suicidal?
