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Science Fiction Cinema

Why Theory

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Mundane Example and Existential Contradiction

The hosts delve into a childhood memory of being forbidden from picking their nose in public and reflect on the paradox of societal norms and individual desires, drawing a connection to a robot's inability to refuse harmful commands in 'I, Robot.' They ponder if this incongruity presents a philosophical dilemma.

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