Since Data is an inorganic Android, how does he grow organic hair?
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24Who said his hair is organic? – Lexible Apr 4 '18 at 0:12
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4He's not entirely inorganic. He himself states that he must consume a nutritional substance upon occasion, and his "blood" is partially organic, much like the gel packs on Voyager. – Tim Apr 4 '18 at 1:20
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Data's main goal is to become human, so it's only reasonable he should look like the part. But It's probably just a really minor detail. – mr.eaver Apr 4 '18 at 10:07
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3@Tim he doesn't require a nutritional substance, but rather a lubricant that happens to be semi-organic. – corsiKa Apr 4 '18 at 14:37
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2@mr.eaver More like, Dr. Soong's the one who gave Data hair, before Data ever drew a breath or thought a thought about his own goals. – Beanluc Apr 4 '18 at 20:38
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Data has artificial hair follicles. They can (presumably) take nutrients from what he consumes and convert those into a hair-like substance.
BASHIR: Does your hair grow?
DATA: I can control the rate of my follicle replenishment. However, I have not yet had a reason to modify the length of my hair. Why do you ask?
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10This doesn't necessarily mean organic. Non-organic things "grow" too, (like those grade school grow-a-crystal experiments), could be nanobots, etc. I think the right answer is that we don't know that it's organic or not, just that it could plausibly be either. – HopelessN00b Apr 4 '18 at 6:22
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10So... 30 years ago Data preempted this exact question - why do you ask? – corsiKa Apr 4 '18 at 14:37
