21 May
2001
21 May
'01
1:39 a.m.
In message 3B078E9D.3AB5B28C@mcr1.poptel.org.uk, Steve Rogerson steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes
Julia said: "I can quite easily see it deciding to go with Servalan on the assumption that that offered better opportunities for revenge"
Revenge isn't an emotion i associate with Orac. I think its main reason for wanting to go with Blake is that that offered it more potential freedom to do what it liked. Servalan would have just made it a tool of the federation and probably used it 24 hours a day doing something.
I think that this is its main motivation, but I also think that it's capable of feeling a desire for revenge - and that might tip the balance.
--
Julia Jones "Science is not about building a body of known
'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a
reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us
feel good." - The Science of Discworld