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Descartes

posted 8 years ago by Squeeth2
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Deckard: She's a replicant, isn't she?

Tyrell: I'm impressed. How many questions does it usually take to spot them?

Deckard: I don't get it, Tyrell.

Tyrell: How many questions?

Deckard: Twenty, thirty, cross-referenced.

Tyrell: It took more than a hundred for Rachael, didn't it?

Deckard: [realizing Rachael believes she's human] She doesn't know.

Tyrell: She's beginning to suspect, I think.

Deckard: Suspect? How can it not know what it is?

She thinks, therefore she isn't.

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[–] BB-15 8 years ago

by Squeeth2;

"She thinks, therefore she isn't.'

Illustrating the lack of awareness on the part of Deckard and the company propaganda spread by Tyrell.

"Deckard: Suspect? How can it not know what it is?"

The irony is that she does know what she is.
Rachel knows she is a woman. Most of her memories are implanted and she was not born naturally, but she is still a kind of human.
- She thinks, she feels, she has abstract thought.
After all it took over 100 questions to elicit an emotional response before she was tripped up.
- There is no other biological creature who can get close to that success rate besides a human being.

As for Tyrell, he knows what he has created, legal / human slaves. But he is making money off of it.
So, the propaganda is used in a world loaded with giant advertisements.
To brain wash the masses, so that they cannot see who is obviously right before their eyes.

Imo at least, BB ;-)

it is just in my opinion - imo - 🌈