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WCDT strips 3741 to 3745 (May 14th - 18th 2018)
de_la_Nae:
--- Quote from: Masterof7s on 19 May 2018, 03:32 ---
When you eliminate all the romanticized nonsense behind human coupling,
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There's your first mistake.
sniktchtherat:
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 19 May 2018, 06:42 ---
--- Quote --- Bubbles is a machine.
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That’s not very nice...
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In a strictly technical sense, he's correct - Bubbles' body IS mechanical. Of course, this is a Walter Sobchak kind of right.
de_la_Nae:
"Bubbles is a machine" and "Bubbles' body is mechanical" are two very different statements, to quibble with you a moment.
sniktchtherat:
--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 19 May 2018, 07:19 ---"Bubbles is a machine" and "Bubbles' body is mechanical" are two very different statements, to quibble with you a moment.
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*chuckle* In a very real sense, WE are 'machines' - organic chemistry and bio-created electricity, nothing more or less. And yet, we are still PEOPLE. Bubbles is a person. Her BODY is as much a machine as yours or mine, simply using metal and polymer instead of meat and bone. That's why I made the Big Lebowski reference :-P
Is it cold in here?:
There are humans with stroke damage that leaves all their cognition intact but destroys their ability to feel emotions.
They don't turn into Spock. They're mentally paralyzed instead. They can't make the simplest daily decisions.
Perhaps feeling emotions is an indispensable part of being able to function as a conscious entity.
Then the emotions the synthetics feel must be as real as ours for them to be able to function.
Speaking as a machine made up of neurons and axons, I accept as equals the QC robots who use silicon instead.
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