Why even bother with the diagnostics? Just reverse the polarity. 7/11 times that fixes the damn problem, and when it doesn’t, then run the diagnostics and then go crawl in some Jeffries tubes for the rest of the episode.
"Sir, I posit the existence of a 'Level 4' diagnostic, though it may only exist in a higher dimension."
I mean, we are talking about the Chief of engineering.
Level 1-2 diagnostics should already have been done by lower ranks.
He's probably the only one allowed to run level 3.
It's a TNG joke that Geordi only runs level 1 and 3 diagnostics.
He does run level 2, but it's rare.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
Unless you can half-ass it, in which case definitely do that!:-)
or in this case, either do it well or third-ass it if you can.
(we need to stop talking about asses here though... Riker could be nearby!)
I think my favorite part about the TNG universe is not having to hear AI propaganda from every direction.
Just one Data, trying to be more human.
