--- Pjotr Stam <fredscape@rocketmail.com> wrote:
quoted 5 lines How can you ever say something (besides a living
> How can you ever say something (besides a living
> creature) has
> emotion? Nothing lifeless has emotion (this is a
> nice debate for
> philosophers :), but it can trigger an emotion...
I just started reading "The Complete Robot" last night
for about the 4th time ever - excellent collection of
Asimov stories, everyone should read it.
Anyways, the first story is a very short affair about
a family on the moon whose only child has had up til
now a robot dog. They finally have the money to bring
a real dog to the moon, the first dog on the moon, and
their little kid doesn't want it. They try to explain
to him that "Robutt" (robot mutt) isn't real, that its
love isn't real, and that he'll know the difference
when he finally gets the new, real dog. But the kid
just hugs his robutt even harder and starts crying
that he doesn't want to lose it. And the robutt
starts wagging its tail faster and making its 'beep'
noise faster, because it's never been held so tight
before.
Love (read: emotion) isn't about real or fake or
"alive" or "inanimate" - it's about what satisfies and
fulfills you. It's about the personal relationship
you develop over time with whatever it is.
When you get right down to it, if the music one
listens to now doesn't satisfy and fulfill, maybe one
needs to shop around more. Eno doesn't like what he
hears - fine. So he makes his own stuff. Good for
him.
-Adam
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