Data was very interested in becoming more human, thus the Pinocchio reference. Spock had bemused disdain for humans and had no desire to be more like them.
The use of the characters throughout the shows are as you described though, a useful foil to show humanity through.
It’s great that the two characters discuss this topic, I think it’s in the multi-part TNG episode where Ambassador Spock is creating a dissident movement on Romulus.
Data was very interested in becoming more human, thus the Pinocchio reference. Spock had bemused disdain for humans and had no desire to be more like them.
The use of the characters throughout the shows are as you described though, a useful foil to show humanity through.
It’s great that the two characters discuss this topic, I think it’s in the multi-part TNG episode where Ambassador Spock is creating a dissident movement on Romulus.