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>“More data” is not inherently good. Without a framework of information for interpretation of that data, it will do far more harm than good. There's an episode
by LambdaComplex 9y ago
>“More data” is not inherently good. Without a framework of information for interpretation of that data, it will do far more harm than good.
There's an episode of Star Trek: Voyager about this[1]. Seven of Nine absorbs months worth of data (way more than a human could actually process) from the ship's computer, and "discovers" that both half of the ship plans on mutinying and that the Captain wasn't actually trying to get them home. Both of which were false.
1. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Voyager_Conspiracy_(episode) http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Voyager_Conspiracy_(e...
- ams6110 9y agoHowever she does also make the useful and correct deduction that photonic fleas have infested the plasma conduits.