Clips:
- Three Laws
- Trask
- Origin of Cylons (Caprica) and Coming Home (BSG)
- H+ #13 and H+ #1
Pre-reading Discussion [write a paragraph on one or all of the following]:
- What are common fears about technology? How do Asimov's "Three Laws" try to address those fears?
- Why do people need something to believe in?
- Why are technology and religion seemingly at odds?
- Why do people fear religion? Technology? How does religion start?
Post-reading Paragraphs:
- Why does Asimov use Islam as the template for QT-1's robotic religion? Explain.
- Do QT-1's views on humanity make sense in the context of its world? Explain.
- What fears about technology does "Reason" address? Explain.
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