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36. "RE: Try, Try Again"
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.

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"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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