text; un: firecracker

[cactusy]

1. How hard does this place go with simulating bodily functions? We have to eat and expel waste, but do we menstruate? Get colds? Get infections? Get cancer? Get pregnant?

2. If our robot overlord is all about crime and punishment, what happens if we kill someone here?

Comments

[runeing]

Yes, I do feel that is a common feature in most people.

[ does the written text convey his dry tone... ]

[cactusy]

some of them are pretty bad at it, though

[It conveys it well enough for her to dryly joke about civvies, at least!]

[runeing]

It is the curse of the human condition, isn't it? To be bad at staying alive.

[cactusy]

isn't the fact that the species is still around a point against that idea?

[runeing]

Not necessarily, no. It only shows how good we are at exploiting our surroundings.

[cactusy]

which makes us good at staying alive. we're resourceful.

[runeing]

I suppose you do have a point. Resourcefulness is a prerequisite of staying alive, that is true.

[cactusy]

we're adaptable, too. not to mention creative.

point is, I don't want to give the dumb ones a pass. they're working against their own biology.

[runeing]

[ unfortunately, she doesn't hear the chuckle that he lets out at that. ]

Another point well-made. I concede it.