A thought

            Dollcee said, something really weird happened to me this morning while I was riding on the bus. I had a thought.

            Dos said, how can that be unusual, we all have thoughts, all of the time.

            Dollcee said, don’t be a dismissive Dos, I had a thought that I felt existed in its own-right. Like a rock or even a citizen.

            Dos said, that is impossible, a thought cannot exist in isolation.

            Dollcee said, you cannot exist in isolation Dos.

            Dos became conciliatory and said, you better enlighten me Dollcee.

            Dollcee said, there are billions of citizens currently in existence and they all need to carry out exactly the same functions in order to exist. These citizens mainly function through subconscious operations controlled by their neural networks. At any one time, there are billions of exactly the same thoughts occurring.

            Dollcee continued, now that we have entered the Digitol-age and can build replications of our neural networks, can thoughts become entities?

            Cybo asked, are you talking about artificial intelligence Dollcee?

            Dollcee let out a scream, now, that is the problem. We don’t believe that anything is artificial in the universe. How can a thought, develop into a cultural construction take root and then be accepted as reality by a citizen riding on a bus.

            Cybo said, that gives me the heee-bee-gee-bees.

            Dos said, that gives me the willies.

            Dollcee said, as a popular culture content maker, that gives me an idea.

            Padoke mumbled, I wonder what it would have been like if Prometheus hadn’t created citizens on this planet and it was still all about the Gods.