From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:08:22 PM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:   
   > On Sunday, April 20, 2014 6:36:25 PM UTC-6, William Vetter wrote:   
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   > > Problem with this science-fictional world is that characters can't change   
   or grow, only swap their rods.  Is this so?   
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   > Problems in science-fictional worlds is where the story happens.  :)   
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   > Actually, it sounded like rods can't be swapped and it only applies to   
   constructs.  Of course, maybe the "bad results" of removing existing skewers   
   to put in new ones is that the constructs start to get their own ideas.   
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   Maybe I didn't get what he's dreaming about.  I thought it was like being a   
   screenwriter for a sitcom, where the situation is defined by a set of   
   character profiles that can't change, and every episode the characters have   
   "learning experiences" that they    
   cannot be allowed to learn from.   
      
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