Vishwa Mohan Tiwari
Surrealism is much more than imagination!!
Computers suicide in the story was a direct result of instructions to that
effect, aand not due to pain, misery , sorrow or depression etc, as I understood
from the story.
VMT
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From: zeashanzaidi@...> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:41:25 -0700> Subject: RE:
[indiansciencefiction] Re: Surrealism and Science Fiction!>> Surrealism is just
associated with level of imagination power of brain. Those brains having much
power in this sense have more sentiments also. And suicide is obviously related
to boom of sentiments.> Zeashan Zaidi> Vishwa Mohan Tiwari wrote:> Vishwa Mohan
Tiwari> The SF story is interesting and good. hOWEVER THE CLAIM THAT THE
COMPUTERS HAD THE CAPABILITY TO USE IMAGINATION IS NOT VALID. The plot of the
story does not need the computers to use imagination, infact they blindly
followed the instruction to commit suicide.> VMT>
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From: zeashanzaidi@...> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:15:35 -0700> Subject: Re:
[indiansciencefiction] Re: Surrealism and Science Fiction!>> In the context of
surrealism in robots/computers, I am presenting a sci-fi ‘Computer Ki Maut’
where it is shown a possibility of imagination in computers. This story had been
published in Vigyan Pragati in 1998.> Zeashan Zaidi> "swapnil.bhartiya" wrote:>
I agree with everything Tiwari ji said except that Robots can't use> surrealism.
How could we be so sure? Robots can be for more advanced> and may have their own
form of surrealism. Surrealism is only obscure> thought, imagination and
interpretation of any being who is capable of> thinking and imagining. Thus,
robots could also have their own suurealism.> On question raised by Nautiyal
ji.> 1. Yes our story is SF -- elements that build the story are futuristic> and
science is integral element of ths story.> 2. My basic understanding is: 'remove
science from a story and if the> story still sustains, its not science fiction.
A SF story should> collapse as soon as element of science is removed!'> 3.
Depends.> 4 I cant understand the last point, please elaborate. " If Mays> needs
supplementing, how about doing it? We still have more than a> month let for it
to be finalised."> Swapnil> the e, as the--- In
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