Fictions (fictionqt)

Race #15526

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Official speed 111.82 wpm (65.03 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 4, 2017 8:47:16pm UTC
Race Finish September 4, 2017 8:48:21pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Opponents 2. mark40511 (98.69 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 218.04
Text #3811371 (Length: 606 characters)

It sits there looking at me and I don't know what it is. This case has dealt with metaphysics, with questions best left to saints and philosophers. I am neither competent nor qualified to answer those. I've got to make a ruling, to try to speak to the future. Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We have all been dancing around the basic issue. Does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose.