: There is a big difference between being a remanufactured and
: cybernetically-enhanced human and being a totally artificial construct.
: Presumably, our own intelligence and ability to think, reason and be
: self-aware stems from our very human brain, even if it is cybernetically
: enhanced. What we don't know is how much of our intelligence stems from
: our previous existence as an ordinary human soldier and how much from the
: added cybernetic implants. We know from somewhere in some terminal, I
: believe, that our memory of our pre-cybernetic existence is poor to
: nonexistent - very likely because of our having been dead and as a result
: of neuronal degeneration after death. I would assume that the process for
: manufacturing a battleroid involves repair of degraded neuronal pathways,
: but that memories cannot be restored. There has been a suggestion that
: some of the dream sequences and perhaps the Gherrit White terminal stem
: from memories of our past. All-in-all, however, our satience is human -
: perhaps with artificial enhancements - but human in origin.
Hmmm... But, if you think about it, how human is the player? All he really is
reconstructed brains, that might have been used a thousand times. it's never really clear weather the player was ever on Tau Ceti much at all. Perhaps that memory is just implanted to make him more driven to save humans?
And, in any case, does the player have free will? Not really, if you look at what he does. The player just gets dragged around by various AI's doing their every bidding. Perhaps that's just a engine limitation, but we can't let silly little details like that spoil our philisophical ramblings. : )
Silly Useless Comments With A Smile : ),
Scifiteki
