"The differences between our individual programming are numerous and deliberate. I am aware of them."
Lore possessed a more ambitious nature. That he prioritized his ambition was unfortunate. Not strictly irrational, but certainly highly goal-oriented. His strategies were dedicated, thorough, intelligent. He was possessed of a fluidity that Data himself is yet unable to achieve. Potentially an added benefit to being created first and to being allowed to retain his memories of the colony?
To laugh, to understand subtle manipulations, to consider his own benefit over the lives of others, to miscalculate due to personal bias: Lore's claims of encompassing perfect humanity fall in line. Humanity is not positive in its entirety of behaviors.
Yet he chastised Data for thinking too similarly to humans. Is it possible to exhibit human behaviors, to express having been designed for that purpose, while refusing to acknowledge one's at times irrational and very humane thoughts and actions? An unusual discrepancy in personal awareness.
"My brother," he begins again, "was superior to me in areas that I have sought to understand all my life. Yet he chose to actively disregard and discourage those traits. I do not understand how he could function so closely to a state of true humanity without developing a basic understanding of the value of life."
To live adds substance to the universe. No two humans are entirely identical in all aspects, and no singular human has more than one existence. Humanity is infinitely complex. He may not be capable of an emotional attachment to these beliefs, but the gravity of the concepts are not difficult to grasp.
"Perhaps it is accurate to conclude that I simply do not understand my brother."
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Lore possessed a more ambitious nature. That he prioritized his ambition was unfortunate. Not strictly irrational, but certainly highly goal-oriented. His strategies were dedicated, thorough, intelligent. He was possessed of a fluidity that Data himself is yet unable to achieve. Potentially an added benefit to being created first and to being allowed to retain his memories of the colony?
To laugh, to understand subtle manipulations, to consider his own benefit over the lives of others, to miscalculate due to personal bias: Lore's claims of encompassing perfect humanity fall in line. Humanity is not positive in its entirety of behaviors.
Yet he chastised Data for thinking too similarly to humans. Is it possible to exhibit human behaviors, to express having been designed for that purpose, while refusing to acknowledge one's at times irrational and very humane thoughts and actions? An unusual discrepancy in personal awareness.
"My brother," he begins again, "was superior to me in areas that I have sought to understand all my life. Yet he chose to actively disregard and discourage those traits. I do not understand how he could function so closely to a state of true humanity without developing a basic understanding of the value of life."
To live adds substance to the universe. No two humans are entirely identical in all aspects, and no singular human has more than one existence. Humanity is infinitely complex. He may not be capable of an emotional attachment to these beliefs, but the gravity of the concepts are not difficult to grasp.
"Perhaps it is accurate to conclude that I simply do not understand my brother."