The Yazira Khwairif Tamaris Bagrationi of the Tsovereign Commonwealth of Mu Draconis

Some patterns emerge about the mutability of the three laws in Asimov’s work, in more than half of the stories. By Aodhfionn Tysyacha Enjoy. In the 1941 story "Runaround", the third law has been strengthened, a conflict is created and the robot acts erratically in response to the cognitive dissonance. In the 1941 story "Liar!", the robot causes harm to humans by lying to them so as to spare their feelings. In the 1941 story "Reason!", a robot decides that humans are inferior and refuses to follow human orders. There is a danger that they will not complete a solar shield array in time for a solar storm, putting hundreds of colonists in extreme physical danger. In the 1942 story "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray", the robot malfunctions and creates a disintegration ray which atomizes and entire mountainside, recklessly endangering thousands of people In the 1945 story "Escape!", the robot wrestles with the cognitive dissonance associated with the ...

The Way of the Divine, The Tau Before emigrating to Araxes, the original settlers of Araxes were known as devotees of "The Tau", Tauists. Many generations later, when changes were made to the colonists themselves by the extreme environmental pressures of living on Araxes, they became known as the Desertborn, but they were still devotees of the Way of the Tau. Just as the incredible environmental pressure of Araxes caused changes in their bodies, so too did adapting to the extremes of the desert cause changes in how they practice The Tau, but the underlying philosophy and metaphysical perspective remains the same. Desertborn Tauism strongly emphasizes accepting consequences for one’s decisions and actions, self reliance AND the necessity of cooperation, being ecologically conscientious, and that mindfulness, self awareness, and empathy are important for individual and group to survive and thrive. The Tau is "the nature of all things" or "the truth underl...