Sed's eyes brightened. "But you would
have had precisely the same information an hour from now. The same input should
yield the same output, should it not? That is elementary logic."
"But a mind doesn't give the same
output just because it gets the same input." Alexander said and something
shifted in his mind just enough that the answer loomed like a mountain emerging
from fog, impossible to miss once seen. "Computers give the same output if they
get the same input, sentient minds give varying output."
"The concept is called determinism."
Sed said with a satisfied voice. "Computers are deterministic. Senti minds, and
humies for that matter, are non-deterministic. There is a saying that a
computer asked a question a thousand times has one answer, a mind has a
thousand answers."
"I think I understand." Alexander
said.
"I asked you here because there was
something that I wanted you to do for me." Sed said. Alexander cocked his head
at Sed and the senti continued. "I would like you to ponder on how humans and
sentis might resolve their differences. You have a unique perspective."
"Why not upload the information I
have and let everyone ponder it?" Alexander asked. "It would be more
efficient."
Sed shook his head. "The pertinent
information would be your entire mind and the phase and strength of every
connection and junction within. We could transfer it all into the other
Alexander sat a long time in the
comforting semi-darkness of the Lyceum and thought the things he thought that
he thought, rolling over every idea without a care for any bit of the
information at his fingertips.

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