I've just come from re-reading "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories". This article seems to be riddled with errors regarding the operation which ultimately kills Andrew - OR, there were alterations made when Asimov expanded the original short story and key details were changed. I would particularly like to know which is the case before I do any more 'correcting'. In the story, Andrew can't replace his brain, but he can arrange for the connection between it and his artificial nervous system to slowly drain the charge away from his positronic pathways, resulting in his death. He doesn't get a new organ, he renders his existing 'organ' mortal.
I've just come from re-reading "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories". This article seems to be riddled with errors regarding the operation which ultimately kills Andrew - OR, there were alterations made when Asimov expanded the original short story and key details were changed. I would particularly like to know which is the case before I do any more 'correcting'. In the story, Andrew can't replace his brain, but he can arrange for the connection between it and his artificial nervous system to slowly drain the charge away from his positronic pathways, resulting in his death. He doesn't get a new organ, he renders his existing 'organ' mortal.