Isidore 被当作低等人，却表现出更多同理心

Isidore 因辐射造成的认知障碍没有通过智力测验，从此被叫作 chickenhead。他不能移民，也常被其他人当成不完整的人。可真正需要照顾一个陌生人或面对一只猫的死亡时，他表现出的同理心反而多过许多所谓正常人。

他带着一小块黄油去找 Priss，说自己是唯一站在她这边的人，也不会打扰她。把垂死的真猫误认成做得过分逼真的假猫以后，他仍为它难受。我当时没有把 Isidore 的处境归结为智力不足，留下的判断更谨慎：羞耻和长期的低人一等感，也在妨碍他像“正常人”那样行动。先看处境，再看性格 为这层判断提供了一个现实中的对照。

chickenhead 是智力测验给出的社会身份，Isidore 的行为却一直在提供反证。它也限定了 同理心测验也会把人误判成仿生人：任何单一测验都可能把一项能力扩写成一个人的全部价值。

当时的回答：

What is a chicken-head? What is their social status? - Chicken-head are those individuals who suffered mental and intellectual disabilities because of exposures to the radioactive dust. They are forced to stay on Earth. Their social status is to be derided upon, sometimes they were not even considered to be humans by others. What do you think of Isidore’s interaction with Priss? - It looks like any awkward first encounter between two people. Isidore trying to impress Priss was met with Priss’s nonchalance. As the interactions progressed, the lack of understanding about the empathy box and kipple leads readers to realized that the girl’s coldness is not due to her unwillingness but her being a robot without the ability of empathy. Do either of them exhibit empathy? - Isidore exhibited empathy by bringing a piece of butter and said something like “I’m the only one bides you and I won’t bother you.”That’s why his behavior was described as “possessing the quality of an authentic old pre-war ritual.” - Priss didn’t seem to exhibit any empathy. Does Isidore seem mentally disabled? - From the interaction between him and Priss, it didn’t seem that Isidore was mentally disabled. If anything, he just always felt inferior to other humans therefore tending to blame himself for things that didn’t go well. What is notable about the cat and fake cat on pp. 68-69? - Isidore at first thought the cat he brought back was a fake one and was amazed by its level of authenticity and then it turned out to be a real one that’s dying. The company offers service to replace the dead cat with a robotic one but the boss pointed out that the owner of the animal will always detect the fake within seconds. How does this relate to the issue chickenheads? - They are having hard times to differentiate what is real and what is fake and granted that “the fakes are beginning to be darn near real.” Aside from a childlike innocence, are there really differences between chickenheads and normals? (p.73) - Chickenheads are not born this way. All human on earth suffered from the radioactive dust, chickenheads are those unfortunates who suffered the most that not only they looked terrible but also they developed certain cognitive impairments. Failing to pass the IQ test classified them as chickenheads but individuals vary. In the case of Isidore, to a certain degree, he was just too ashamed of his physical appearance to function like a normal being. Given proper encouragement, he can behave just as normal as other human. He showed even more empathy than other humans as he still felt extremely awful when the “fake” cat was dying.

这本书把同理心设成人类的判据，Isidore 却因另一项智力测验不合格而受到排斥。他不能移民，对仿生人却有真实的牵挂。

无产者是自由的，因为不值得被监视 提供了一个对照：被视为不重要，有时会使人较少受到控制。奥威尔那里涉及自由，Isidore 这里涉及分类标准未能衡量的感受力。

HAL 失控该怪谁：有意识却没有道德 也可以作对照：那里是有意识而没有道德，这里是被认定没有资格却有道德。这些例子都在质疑：划分"谁算数"的标准，能否反映实际的道德能力。

恶的平庸性，是丧失了思考的能力 使人继续追问，Deckard 在执行既定分类时，是否仍在独立判断自己的行为。 ——收入 读书笔记 · 一得

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