Chapter 4 Page 11
Abt_Nihil on Nov. 21, 2011
Whether cogito's motives are ultimately selfless or selfish… you decide.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
REPLIES:
Nepath: Thanks!
Lemniskate: Yup, you're right. Despite what I said, it's not a completely unadulterated heroic act. He apparently acts in accordance with his own preferences, even though he might think it would be preferrable for everyone else to share his preferences (i.e. art over weaponry) :-) But the idea is that strategic data will be of more harm than use… that mankind is its own worst enemy. As we have seen, their weaponry isn't much good against the aliens in the first place. And mankind's back-up plan basically consists in getting away from the aliens as far as possible.
alejkhan: Not sure whether he can compute hugs :P And yeah, dispensing horrible food 700 years later must have all been worth it.
Genejoke: Isn't it? ^_^
Genejoke at 5:18AM, Nov. 21, 2011
interesting...
alejkhan at 4:50AM, Nov. 21, 2011
Aww, does Cogito need a hug? Well, Cogito seems to have been correct, anyway! It does make it to the future...to exact his evil plan of forcing people to eat beans?
Lemniskate at 3:00AM, Nov. 21, 2011
Calling the kettle black, ain't we, Mr Torres? Ah, the impulses, the judging... Also, with last page's clarification, I'm not 100% соглаш, that is d'accord with Mr Torres being a hero. That strategical data, after all, could be of, I dunno, SOME strategical use, and if there's no mankind, the survival of mankind's cultural achievements doesn't sum up to much. Gotta live for ourselves, I say. Buuut he's in the position to make a decision, he made one. Gotta respect that.
Nepath at 1:38AM, Nov. 21, 2011
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