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| 6 | * One way to prove whether or not Stephen Byerley was a robot would be to put a loaded gun in front of him and order him to shoot himself. If he is human, then he can refuse. If he is a robot, then he will be compelled to obey. |
| 7 | ** Based on what we see of him, I suspect Byerley would shoot himself anyway, human or not. If he could get away with shooting himself somewhere non-lethal, he would, and then refuse to let anybody examine the wound. The only way to be really sure would be to explicitly specify a lethal injury -- and killing him is further than most people would be prepared to go to settle the question. -- @/PaulA |
| 8 | ** So you order him to shoot himself. Has someone else ordered him to do otherwise, to stay safe from harm? As a tiebreaker, does Byerley know he'll keep doing his best to protect people so long as he exists, such that shooting himself at this point will only result in more harm to humans? |
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