#36, RE: Try, Try Again
Posted by The Traitor on Jul-22-13 at 07:34 AM
In response to message #20
>>>Calling it now: Duran -is- Naga. >>> >>>Reincarnation is neat that way. >> >>I'm not sure it's that weird; Duran's a robot. :) > >... you know, you spend literally hours combing through the forums and >the stories for the express purpose of NOT looking dumb due to lack of >knowledge, and still. It's like the universe is punishing me for all >that stuff I did. > >More seriously, given that robots have souls, I don't see any reason >they can't reincarnate or be reincarnations themselves. I sort of >assume that a robot soul is just like the soul of any other sentient >being; it can linger as a ghost, it can be reborn into another body, >etc etc. Could be wrong about this, of course.Fictional precedent: in the Terry Pratchett/Stephen Baxter collaboration The Long Earth, an AI called Lobsang is, in fact, a reincarnation of a motorcycle repairman from Tibet. It's that sort of book. --- "Yeah, I'm definitely going to hell/But I'll have all the best stories to tell" -- Frank Turner, The Ballad of Me and My Friends
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