Sunday, March 15, 2020

Listen

"Then why don't you and go talk to him? It might not be so clear cut then."
"Because I wouldn't have anything to say."
"Then why don't you just listen. That is what you do best, isn't it?"

- Geordi and Guinan - Star Trek: The Next Generation - 5x23 - I, Borg

Bunny Rabbit

"No, it's a Samarian coral fish with its fin unfolded."
"I believe what you are seeing is the effect of the fluid dynamic processes inherent in the large scale motion of rarefied gas."
"No, no. First it was a fish. And now it's a Mintonian sailing ship."
"Where?"
"Right there. Don't you see the two swirls coming together to form the mast?"
"I do not see it. It is interesting that people try to find meaningful patterns in things that are essentially random. I have noticed that the images they perceive sometimes suggest what they are thinking about at that particular moment. [Pause] Besides, it is clearly a bunny rabbit."

- Guinan and Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation - 5x22 - Imaginary Friend