>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.

For any book Sir Pterry has had a hand in, its status as "that sort of book" has a similar level of probablistic inevitablilty as "drop spanner --> foot goes ouch". Haven't read either of the books yet, but I'll almost definitely get round to them eventually — busy right now pleasantly digesting the last "Science Of Discworld".

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