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Posted By: DarkWolf77 Jul 09, 2004 - 10:59 am

What if there were Sentiate Robots made from cloned Bio-Ware? The Bio-Ware would ofcourse be adaptable, Changeable... Mutateable... The other Problem is genetic memories that is inherant to all DNA prospects... What would happen with Bio-Wear android that is from and African American... or a Jewish originator? What would the genetic memories cause them to do if put to work as normal androids? Please excuse my poor spelling and the like...

Posted By: MrB Jul 09, 2004 - 12:35 pm

Are you suggesting that these Robots might have inherited some form of racial or religious notions, possibly even biggoted sentiments, passed on genetically into the "Bio-Ware" of the Robot.

This idea that memories can be passed on through DNA seems like an extremely remote possibility to me. DNA only contains the code of life (experts may disagree with me here, I'm speaking generally), how would it be possible for ancestral history to be passed on through these codes ? Surely those memories are either specific to the individual, or learned/inherited as verbal/pictorial/written information, e.g. someone tells you what happened X number of years ago.

Posted By: Sindatur Jul 09, 2004 - 01:29 pm

Hmmm, if Race memories aren't passed on genetically, how are they passed on?

Posted By: Bmat Jul 09, 2004 - 01:38 pm

It could be a condition or phenomenon in a different plane that beings are able to sense. It would still involve genetics though.

Posted By: Retracnic Jul 11, 2004 - 05:08 am

Racial memories? What on earth are those?

Besides the various physical attributes that are encoded into DNA, there are a wide range of mental attributes as well. As a homo sapiens I was born with many drives and instincts built in. I am programmed to seek shelter. I have the drive to seek companionship, to breed, to survive.

Basic mammalian instincts aside, the bulk of human behavior is learned behavior. There are no instincts or ‘memories’ that are inherent to certain races of people. The tendency for a certain race to act or behave in a certain manor is a culturally learned skillset, not programmed into their DNA.

Posted By: MrB Jul 12, 2004 - 02:09 am

I am sure those preprogrammed instincts such as the need to eat, breath, survive etc, would be passed on, but how on earth would the memory of falling off a bike be passed on through DNA ?

Posted By: Aldan Jul 12, 2004 - 06:12 pm

I believe that "race memories", or "racial memories" are cultural. I'm sure that there will be many who disagree with me on this, but only a small amount would be genetic tendencies, due to previous genetic specialization (like long, lean bodies on people who live in hot, flat areas, which then means that those people will tend to be better speed athletes, or endurance athletes, or both [and before any of you get all huffy and discombobulated, I'm thinking of American Indians/Native Americans/Plains-dwellers - and I'm partially of that blood, so there!! *thhhhbbbbbttttt*]). The rest would be culturally educated. Even if a child is taught something in school, if the same child comes home and experiences different things in his/her home life (or did as an infant), then THAT is what the child will be culturally taught, not the buk larnin' of dem dere skul place.

Posted By: iamume Jul 31, 2004 - 02:43 pm

Relatively few peaple are troubled with memories that could be considered genetic or soul.Previous life memories whether it originates from a previous life of a soul or from an ancester retained through genes usually seem somewhat troubling to the individual who remembers.

Now if bio-droids were developed unless the technology was capable of accessing these memories,(unless this became an unexpected and chronic problem with the bio-droid/slave)these memories would usually only manifest through tastes and tendencies which would be difficult to identify as being anything other than cultural education.

Rather than fret over memories,the question of this poducts status as a living being rather than that of biological appliance to me is more pertinent.These possible memories could be the activating principal in a story of such an unfortunate being as it "awakens" from one perspective to another.