Chapter 10 Part 2


We include the following psychological interview with one of the male subjects as it is illuminating when this process takes effect. The interviewer shall be denoted with a letter I and the chimera with a letter C.

I: So how are you feeling today?

C: I am not sure.

I: What do you mean?

C: I cannot identify a feeling.

I: So would you like it if I poked you with a needle then?

C: I am not sure I would care.

I: (Holds up a picture of an attractive woman). What do you think of her?

C: I think the picture is nice.

I: Anything else?

C: (looks flatly) The image looks technically right.

I: Here is a needle and a small loop. Could you place the needle through the loop for me?

C: I can try. (fumbles with the needle ineffectively) I guess I can't.

I: What do you want more than anything else?

C: To be useful.

I: What would being useful mean to you?

C: I'm not sure that it matters.

I: Anything you'd like like to ask?

C: Why are you interviewing me?

I: We just want to be sure we understand chimeras like you and what they are going through.

C: Buy why would you pick me? There are plenty of others.

I: We just randomly selected a chimera, and you were that one.

C: My skin stings.

I: It's probably just a minor irritation.

C: Maybe.

I: Don you feel like you need a mate or companion?

C: No.

I: Why not?

C: I don't see what point there would be in that.

I: Don't you want company?

C: Not really.

I: Why not?

C: Why would you?

I: Well, thanks for talking with me.

C: You are welcome.

As can be seen, the desire for the chimera in question has been greatly diminished and his servile attitude is to be applauded. He only wants to be of use, which is the hallmark of excellent chimera creation as any other disposition results in diminished productivity as time is spent pursuing matters which are non-work related. If physical death of chimeras could be limited--perhaps having say a loss of only fine motor control present instead--a new breed of chimera could be programmed that would be at once more servile than present models and at the same time less prone to tampering with unexpected genetic permutation. Even if the longevity of such a chimera were shorter, the advantages would far out-weigh the loss of life.

Future Research: It is suggested that future research center on removing and tweaking other modules to see if their interaction with the removing of this module can off-set the undesirable effects removing this module alone produces. If future funding can be found, we feel certain that we can produce a tamper-proof, more docile chimera.

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