tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708273719674528189.post6248556139307784927..comments2024-03-22T00:20:38.510-07:00Comments on Adam Riggio writes: When a Legendary Fear Is True, Doctor Who: Extremis, Reviews, 22/05/2017Adam Riggiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606510835439580828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708273719674528189.post-58438649007741050482017-06-19T04:37:34.374-07:002017-06-19T04:37:34.374-07:00I like your conclusions, although I struggle a lit...I like your conclusions, although I struggle a little to reconcile them with the episode itself, because in the simulation as presented in the episode, suicide is an act of resistance, as it spoils the simulation, depriving the evil demon of the information that was the entire point of creating the simulation in the first place. If violence is the last resort of those who have been denied other kinds of power (social, political), violence against the self is the last resort of those, who cannot direct it against the oppressor. Which the people in the simulation cannot do. The Doctor is privileged in that situation, because he possesses superior technology, which allows him to not only deny the oppressors the information they’re after, but to transmit useful information to someone who can stand up to them.<br /><br />So the challenge for me is to find a way to read the Doctor’s actions that would provide us with a better message than “have a really good smartphone”. I suppose, if we de-emphasized suicide, it could have something to do with reaching out to others, transmitting and sharing information. That’s what the Doctor does and that’s what Veritas does as well, which leads the people to undertake collective action.Artur Nowrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276975026258085800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708273719674528189.post-33801324049250287122017-05-22T15:11:06.457-07:002017-05-22T15:11:06.457-07:00This presumes that a simulated mind can't be a...This presumes that a simulated mind can't be a real person. It's not at all obvious to me that we should think of a simulated mind as unreal.Michael Hemmingsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390854349398626567noreply@blogger.com