When we think of Rachel Eldon, we think of an android that has cross the boundaries of modern day science and has transcended into a humanistic lifestyle, pack with emotions and feelings like the average human. However, Gelernter says that, "The natural correspondence between computer and brain doesn't hold between computer and body. Yet artificial thought will require a software model of the body, in order to produce a good model of emotion, which is necessary to artificial thought."(Gelernter236). In other words, what a computer or android feels, is nothing more but a predetermined cache of ones and zeros which will simulate a reaction according to the type of "emotional" trial the bot is put through. In Rachel's case however,she has no idea that she is among some of the many 'droids who are aware of their dispositions as artificial life. Does this put to question whether or not Rachel is a genuine "conscious" being? I would say yes, Rachel consciousness was not that of fiction but was absolutely genuine from the get go. The graphic novel for Philip K. Dicks, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" on pg. 318, depicts Rachel's dealing with her discovery of being a 'droid. She wallows at the mere thought of her life being a complete lie and remains silent for the remainder of the chapter. How could a robot, even now aware of her disposition react so strangely? She is merely a robot no? No, I believe that Rachel has surpassed her robotic shell and has accepted herself as a human.
Despite faced with the truth she reacts the way she does.Even if she were in denial, wouldn't that signal some type of emotional stress? Us Humans deny things that won't accept as true because either we know we've done wrong or we won't accept the hard evidence which proves some type of lie we've based our lives around.
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