In the film Star Trek Generations, Data, the andriod, installs the emotion chip he retrieved from Lore, his brother, and experiences the full scope of emotions. However, those emotions were difficult to control and Data struggled to master them.

In several scenes, Data experiences laughter, sadness and outright fear and terror. In one partiular scene Data is huddled in a corner in total fear because of the phaser battle that is taking place. The Captain, Jean-Luc Picard, implores Data to overcome his fear and lets him know that he feels the same way. Data can't and is stuck. Piccard suggests he turn off his emotional chip for now and help him deal with the situation. In a classic head jerk manuver he does and dutifully stands up and subdues the attacker.

There are a lot of people who would love that option. I've often wondered what would it be like to be able to do that. There were a couple of times last year where that skill might have come in handy.

If you could...would you turn off your chip?