All work and no play makes an android a dull toy.
The remnants of human civilization create their own utopia on an alien planet. A brilliant robotic scientist breaks the rules in an attempt to make his impaired son whole. Meshing android and human minds is considered impossible, a societal taboo, and illegal.
Um, how can something that’s impossible also be a taboo? For that matter, why would it be illegal?
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Maybe it’s sort of like those laws about how it’s illegal to walk your dinosaur between the hours of 3pm and 4pm.
Wait, is he a “brilliant scientist” in the field of robotics, or is he a “brilliant robotic scientist” (a scientist who is a robot—seems like it would be less impressive if he’s just programmed to be brilliant.)