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1. estima+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-30 16:15:09
You do know that Asimov's Three Laws were intentionally flawed as a cautionary tale about torment nexii, right? Every one of his stories involving the Three Laws immediately devolves into how they can be exploited and circumvented.
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2. doug_d+d6[view] [source] 2026-01-30 16:41:39
>>estima+(OP)
You attribute more literary depth to Asimov than really existed. He was a Chemist and liked to write speculative fiction. The three laws gave him a logical framework to push against to write speculative fiction. That's really all the depth there is to it. That said I love Asimov and I love the robot stories.
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