What is a memory? What is is like to remember something? Do you feel a certain way when you remember something? Why? What is it about the memory that makes you feel that way? What is your earliest memory? How would you feel if you lost your memory? (Amnesia) Why? Would that change the person … Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Where do thoughts come from? Do we always do what we intend? What is the relationship between what we intend and our actions? Do we have control over our thoughts? Over our actions? What is the mind? What kinds of things have minds? Can a pen have a mind? A table? A plant? An ant? … Obstinate Pen
Which robot is the “real” Algernon (the one at the house, or the one who returns from the company)? Why? Is there a particular part of the robot that is central to his identity (without it he wouldn’t be himself)? Would you think differently about which one is the “real” Algernon if the changes were … Double Trouble
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