Questionable ethics - Living Memory

[Turtledeluxe]

Yup, The Measure of a Man and Voyager's Author Author are exactly why I believe the Endless are sentient beings and we (/the writing) shouldn't have been as quick about ending their existence.

Some people here keep saying that they're just code and only exist because Sphene can't let go. But the fact that said code can go against Sphene to the degree of destroying her and all Endless shows that they aren't just code only there for Sphene's entertainment. It shows that they've got their own desires, thoughts, and dreams. It shows that they're self-aware. It shows that they're sentient.

Just invoking a book/show/whatever doesn't make your take any less of a misunderstanding. Endless who can go against Sphene probably had the capacity to face adversity long before becoming an Endless. They could probably problem solve long before becoming an Endless. You have failed to definitively prove anything they do is novel, but rather only pointed out behaviors they could have well been capable of prior to their Endless state. You seem to be implying the original humans were unable to form new desires or new dreams? I am pretty sure they could do that. Being a new instance that is acting based on a source (memory aether) does not prove sentience. Being self aware also does not prove sentience.