[frobozz]

> especially in contrast to Dr. Pulaski, whose odd, technophobic Data-bashing felt really out of place in the 24th Century.

I fancy that this was to offer a bit of continuity with McCoy's fear of Transporters.

I do agree that it felt out of place, but having given it a bit more thought: The fact that Data was unique (ignoring the as-yet unheard of Lore) sort of makes everyone else's easy acceptance of him slightly odd. The doctor (with intimate knowledge of the fact that we're all just very complicated machines) should have been Data's lone champion against his numerous naysayers.

[jonnathanson]

Right? Especially because she was a woman of science. Pulaski should have marveled at the technical accomplishment Data was, even if she retained some healthy skepticism of his apparent humanity. Instead, she took the "tin man" approach, and from an almost Cartesian, animist sense, seemed to dislike him because he didn't have some sort of metaphysical spark of life. I can see that sort of attitude coming from some, but coming from the science-minded doctor, it was odd. Especially because everyone else was just so unconditionally cool with it all.