Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT - January 2015
mikmaxs:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Jan 2015, 00:19 ---I don't find you disagreeable, either. We're just often on different pages. No offense intended. I could have phrased it better. Sorry.
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None taken, I didn't mean to imply that either. People disagree with people, it's a thing that tends to happen. No apologies necessary.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 30 Jan 2015, 00:24 ---So, why are all the Praeses named after trees?
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It depends. Some ancient, pagan cultures here in Europe believed that trees were aware and the source of wisdom if appropriately propitiated. Given that trees, on average, tend to live a lot longer than humans, it's possible that the Praeses chose tree names for themselves to symbolise their far-greater-than-human longevity (possible functional immortality, if they're AIs) and wisdom.
Gavia's behaviour is interesting if you take the druidism parallel further. If you didn't know that she's trying to contact AIs to request a beam-up, doesn't it read like she's invoking the gods? I think that this gives us a clear insight of the relationship between Praesae and human. It is close to that between god and supplicant or parent and child. Between the provider and the helpless. That is why it makes me think that they've marooned Gavia and Ardent so they have to learn to look after themselves. The Praeses have clearly decided that society will benefit from having a bit more scarcity and appreciation of value rather than the current 'consume on demand' paradigm. They want humans to learn how to survive without the moment-to-moment care and control of the gods.
Who would have thought that Jeph and Gene Roddenberry would have parallels in their writing? :wink:
mikmaxs:
--- Quote --- Who would have thought that Jeph and Gene Roddenberry would have parallels in their writing?
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Well, QC has had occasional underpinnings of AI Civil Rights, technology advancement and its influence on society, and the geopolitical ramifications of colloqualistic loquacity in verbage, so... He has for a while, really.
FunkyTuba:
"Alice" must be short for some other tree genus or family or something.
pwhodges:
Do we know which sibling is younger? Ardent certainly seems to know what's going on better than Gavia, even though he started off as ditzy.
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