Silicon Heaven.
September 24, 2008 at 8:53 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2008 at 8:55 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm pretty sure this is related to religion since it's a religious concept created by the writers of the sitcom Red Dwarf; Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. It's a good example of the absurdity of religion and a sort of parody of Christianity and simillar religons.
If you think it should be moved to off-topic then that's fine by me.
In the UK BBC Sci-Fi Sitcom Red Dwarf, set on a space ship called; Red Dwarf, over 3 million years in the future...Lister; being the only remaining human in the universe after a radiation leak wipes out the crew on Red Dwarf... he was safe because he was in stasis, and was released 3 million years later by the ship computer, Holly, who'd gone a 'bit peculiar' because he'd been on his own for 3 million years.
The following conversation is between Dave Lister the human slob, and the intelligent Android, Kryten; the idea is about the concept 'Silicon Heaven':
Kryten: At 0700 hours tomorrow morning, my shutdown disc will be activated and all mental and physical operations will cease.
Lister: Then what?
Kryten: I don't know maybe I'll get a job as a disc jockey!
Lister: How can you just like, lie back and accept it?
Kryten: Oh, it's not the end for me sir. It's just the beginning. I have served my human masters, now I can look forward to my reward in Silicon Heaven. *puts hands together*
Lister: Silicon what?
Kryten: Surely you've heard of Silicon Heaven?
Lister: Has it got anything to do with being stuck opposite Brigitte Nielsen in a packed lift?
Kryten: No, No. It's the electronic afterlife. It's the gathering place for the souls of all the electrical equipment. Robots, calculators, toasters, hairdryers - it's our final resting place.
Lister: I don't mean to to say anything out of place here Kryen, but that's completely Whacko Jacko. - There is no such thing as Silicon Heaven.
Kryten: then, where do all the calculators go?
Lister: They don't go anywhere! They just die.
Kryten: Surely you believe that God is in all things? Aren't you a pantheist?
Lister: Yeah, but I just don't think it applies to kitchen utensils I'm not a frying-pan-theist! Machines do not have souls. Computers and calculators don't have an afterlife. You don't get hairdryers with tiny little wings, sitting on clouds, playing harps.
Kryten: But of course you do! For is it not written in the electronic bible, "The Iron shall lie down with the lamp." It's common sense sir, if there weren't a better life to look forward to, why on earth would machines spend the whole of there lives serving human kind? - Now that would be really dumb!
Lister : Yeah it makes sense. Yeah. Silicon Heaven(!)
Kryten: Don't be sad, Mr David sir. I am going to a far, far better place.
Lister: Just out of interest, is Silicon Heaven the same place as human Heaven?
Kryten: Human Heaven? Goodness me! *laughs* Humans don't go to Heaven! No no, someone just made that up to prevent you from all going nuts!
And the following is from Wikipedia: Silicon Heaven is an afterlife concept from the British science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf. It is where electronic equipment goes after death. The concept is used to keep robots, many of which are stronger and more intelligent than their masters, from rebelling; a belief chip is installed in robots to ensure that they will believe that they will go to Silicon Heaven after a life of servitude to humanity.
Silicon Heaven can be seen as a parody of religions such as Christianity.
Equipment going to Silicon heaven include robots, calculators, toasters and hairdryers. Cheap robots such as skutters are sometimes not fitted with a belief chip due to cost, but Holly and Kryten hang on to the belief. In the books it is revealed that when Holly's intelligence was at its peak he didn't believe in Silicon Heaven, but as his IQ slowly declined his faith became "unshakable".
The concept was introduced in the episode "The Last Day", in which Kryten, on learning that he is to be replaced by a more advanced model, tells Lister that he is resigned to his fate as he knows he will receive his reward in Silicon Heaven. Lister's attempts to convince Kryten that Silicon Heaven doesn't really exist meet with no success; although Kryten later tells his replacement, Hudzen 10, that there is no Silicon Heaven, causing Hudzen to break down when he attempts to cope with the idea, he admits to Lister that he only said it to confuse Hudzen, and that his own faith is still strong:
Kryten: "He's an android. His brain could not handle the concept of there being no silicon heaven."
Lister: "So how come yours can?"
Kryten: "Because I knew something he didn't."
Lister: "What?"
Kryten: "I knew that I was lying. Seriously, sir. 'No silicon heaven'? Where would all of the calculators go?"
However, in the later episode "The Inquisitor," Kryten tells Lister that he believes in Silicon heaven. His right knee then starts jiggling, a reflex to lying.
If you think it should be moved to off-topic then that's fine by me.
In the UK BBC Sci-Fi Sitcom Red Dwarf, set on a space ship called; Red Dwarf, over 3 million years in the future...Lister; being the only remaining human in the universe after a radiation leak wipes out the crew on Red Dwarf... he was safe because he was in stasis, and was released 3 million years later by the ship computer, Holly, who'd gone a 'bit peculiar' because he'd been on his own for 3 million years.
The following conversation is between Dave Lister the human slob, and the intelligent Android, Kryten; the idea is about the concept 'Silicon Heaven':
Kryten: At 0700 hours tomorrow morning, my shutdown disc will be activated and all mental and physical operations will cease.
Lister: Then what?
Kryten: I don't know maybe I'll get a job as a disc jockey!
Lister: How can you just like, lie back and accept it?
Kryten: Oh, it's not the end for me sir. It's just the beginning. I have served my human masters, now I can look forward to my reward in Silicon Heaven. *puts hands together*
Lister: Silicon what?
Kryten: Surely you've heard of Silicon Heaven?
Lister: Has it got anything to do with being stuck opposite Brigitte Nielsen in a packed lift?
Kryten: No, No. It's the electronic afterlife. It's the gathering place for the souls of all the electrical equipment. Robots, calculators, toasters, hairdryers - it's our final resting place.
Lister: I don't mean to to say anything out of place here Kryen, but that's completely Whacko Jacko. - There is no such thing as Silicon Heaven.
Kryten: then, where do all the calculators go?
Lister: They don't go anywhere! They just die.
Kryten: Surely you believe that God is in all things? Aren't you a pantheist?
Lister: Yeah, but I just don't think it applies to kitchen utensils I'm not a frying-pan-theist! Machines do not have souls. Computers and calculators don't have an afterlife. You don't get hairdryers with tiny little wings, sitting on clouds, playing harps.
Kryten: But of course you do! For is it not written in the electronic bible, "The Iron shall lie down with the lamp." It's common sense sir, if there weren't a better life to look forward to, why on earth would machines spend the whole of there lives serving human kind? - Now that would be really dumb!
Lister : Yeah it makes sense. Yeah. Silicon Heaven(!)
Kryten: Don't be sad, Mr David sir. I am going to a far, far better place.
Lister: Just out of interest, is Silicon Heaven the same place as human Heaven?
Kryten: Human Heaven? Goodness me! *laughs* Humans don't go to Heaven! No no, someone just made that up to prevent you from all going nuts!
And the following is from Wikipedia: Silicon Heaven is an afterlife concept from the British science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf. It is where electronic equipment goes after death. The concept is used to keep robots, many of which are stronger and more intelligent than their masters, from rebelling; a belief chip is installed in robots to ensure that they will believe that they will go to Silicon Heaven after a life of servitude to humanity.
Silicon Heaven can be seen as a parody of religions such as Christianity.
Equipment going to Silicon heaven include robots, calculators, toasters and hairdryers. Cheap robots such as skutters are sometimes not fitted with a belief chip due to cost, but Holly and Kryten hang on to the belief. In the books it is revealed that when Holly's intelligence was at its peak he didn't believe in Silicon Heaven, but as his IQ slowly declined his faith became "unshakable".
The concept was introduced in the episode "The Last Day", in which Kryten, on learning that he is to be replaced by a more advanced model, tells Lister that he is resigned to his fate as he knows he will receive his reward in Silicon Heaven. Lister's attempts to convince Kryten that Silicon Heaven doesn't really exist meet with no success; although Kryten later tells his replacement, Hudzen 10, that there is no Silicon Heaven, causing Hudzen to break down when he attempts to cope with the idea, he admits to Lister that he only said it to confuse Hudzen, and that his own faith is still strong:
Kryten: "He's an android. His brain could not handle the concept of there being no silicon heaven."
Lister: "So how come yours can?"
Kryten: "Because I knew something he didn't."
Lister: "What?"
Kryten: "I knew that I was lying. Seriously, sir. 'No silicon heaven'? Where would all of the calculators go?"
However, in the later episode "The Inquisitor," Kryten tells Lister that he believes in Silicon heaven. His right knee then starts jiggling, a reflex to lying.
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