Pg. 95 "knowing intellectually...anyhow." (Phillip K. Dick)
The progress of technology, in Philip K. Dick's novel, has acquired
such realistic features that now the humans are being deceived by their
emotions into feeling attached. From the perspective of a Dave Holden, living
in a planet where population is lacking, there could be a very small amount of
people to bond with and carry on life with. On the contrary, humans in the new
colony on Mars may have a large amount of population. Just as Rick Deckard owns
an electric sheep at the top of his apartment, since he cannot afford a real
animal, so too does Dave Holden want to have some sort of friendship with an
android. Dave Holden is well aware that the androids do not hold an emotional
attachment toward him such as which a human would.
Good post!
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