There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which a supreme being, Q, offers the android character Data the opportunity to experience human laughter.
This would be the equivalent of a psychedelic experience on the part of a machine.
It is merely the introduction of a radically new context for all previous experience.
The episode does not explain how this is done for Data, but in humans laughter is a form of primeval communication.
It simply lets those present know that the individual laughing feels safe and that those present should too.
One should wonder if such a simple impulse could be that profound for Data, but since laughter draws so much energy from the nuances of an individual's entire character there can be no doubt that every iota of Data's being was somehow effected.
Where have you to laugh as if you have never laughed before?
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