(December 7, 2014 at 3:44 pm)professor Wrote: I am also curious which you would choose for a companion-You forgot to add the part where the companion with freedom to be herself will be killed if she does not adhere to your rules, hence rendering that freedom somewhat meaningless. God created people with the freedom to take any action, and spent the next few thousand years restricting that freedom in every way he could think of, on pain of death.
One you pre-programed with every attribute you like ( a hi tech robot).
Or a companion who can interact with you from different angles and wants to be with you by their own choice.
But hey, I guess being an automaton by choice is better.
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