Star Trek: The Next Generation
18. Home Soil Stardate: 41463.9
The members of an away team investigating the death of an engineer encounter vengeful microscopic life forms.
35. The Measure of a Man Stardate: 42523.7
When Data's rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is only an Android.
135. The Quality of Life Stardate: 46307.2
Data refuses to allow the use of Exocomps in the attempt to rescue Picard and LaForge. His belief that they are sentient beings, who would not survive the rescue, could cost the lives of his Captain and friend.
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The Puppet Master: But can be argued that DNA is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. Life has become more complex in the overwhelming sea of information, and life, when organized into species relies upon genes to be its memory system. So man is an individual, only because of his intangible memory. And memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind. The advent of computers and the subsequent accumulation of incalculable data has given rise to a new system of memory and thought parallel to our own. Humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization.