The Measure of a Man.
Does Data have rights? This is the central question asked in
Melinda Snodgrass’s classic courtroom drama “The Measure of a Man.”
But beyond the fate of Data himself, the real question is how
artificial life will be treated in the future. Though it may sound
like science fiction, it’s a decision we will someday have to make
in the real world. The difficulty of the issue was presented
brilliantly more than two decades ago by TNG, and the uncertainty
of its message still rin...
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