• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    Frankenstein’s monster?

    Everyone seem to have just absorbed the schlocky, lumbering movie version of the monster.

    In the book, he’s a fucking superhuman, going on inhuman endurance treks across the alps, throwing boulders, fucking video game character style platforming across icebergs in the Arctic.

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    The fact* that no one ever comments on or reacts in surprise to Data’s body temp following physical contact with him (even though many people react to his appearance, especially on first meeting) leads me to assume that it’s actual pretty close to standard humanoid temps. Perhaps his circuits run warm.

    *IIRC; please correct me if I’m wrong

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      In Fully Dilated, LD S05E07, Mariner makes a reference to alternate Data’s head being warmer than expected, but that might not count cause it’s an alt Data.

      Warmer than expected

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      8 days ago

      i mean, it’s not like it’s difficult to implement and it’s a pretty core part of human bodies. I’d assume data also has a simulated heartbeat and the ability to “breathe”.