Data walking over and standing right behind a device where an energy beam has stopped and making the assumption that the test device will stop it.
It’s the equivalent of manufacturing brand new never before tested bulletproof material … then holding it over your chest and asking your friend to shoot a high powered rifle on it to see if it works.
I remember watching this episode the first time in the 90s when the show was still new and thinking the same thing at the time.
Also … my favourite critique of this scene …
Data walking over and standing right behind a device where an energy beam has stopped and making the assumption that the test device will stop it.
It’s the equivalent of manufacturing brand new never before tested bulletproof material … then holding it over your chest and asking your friend to shoot a high powered rifle on it to see if it works.
I remember watching this episode the first time in the 90s when the show was still new and thinking the same thing at the time.