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I thought the story is clear that he isn't one? He takes an empathy test to make sure.

drdeadringer 9y ago
If he doesn't know he's a replicant, could he not take the test as many times as he wants and still pass just like Rachael in the movie?
- vilhelm_s 9y ago
  Rachael did not pass the test.
  - drdeadringer 9y ago
    I agree.
cmiles74 9y ago
SPOILER: The bit where he finds out he isn't working for the real police department, I thought, indicated that not only was he not a real detective but also not a real person. I do think a big part of the story was to kind of wonder if this really mattered in the end. That said, it may be less clear then I remember. If found this GoodReads link where people are mulling this over. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1827979-the-fake-police-station-is-really-bugging-me https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1827979-the-fake-police...
- notahacker 9y ago
  See, I always thought the book veered towards Deckard not being a replicant: his mind - like Philip K Dick's - veered all over the place whereas the androids (who despite their lack of "empathy" still apparently had bonds with each other) focused on their priorities. He has a lot more regular contact with what he assumes to be the real police department to the police department that arrests him which he concludes was fake. He passes a VG test. And the only reason he's involved in the first place is to appease his apparently very real wife's human concerns. Reportedly PKD once confirmed that in the book version Deckard was a human that had been dehumanised. Of course, it's PKD so it makes just as much sense the other way round (the "empathy boxes" make more sense as program-update devices than the sci-fi expressions of human religiosity and sentiment they were intended as) It's pretty clear the film takes the opposite tack but it's a very loose adaptation (and filmmakers have taken the opposite tack from PKD far more explicitly in e.g. Minority Report)

If he doesn't know he's a replicant, could he not take the test as many times as he wants and still pass just like Rachael in the movie?

vilhelm_s 9y ago
Rachael did not pass the test.
- drdeadringer 9y ago
  I agree.

cmiles74 9y ago

SPOILER: The bit where he finds out he isn't working for the real police department, I thought, indicated that not only was he not a real detective but also not a real person. I do think a big part of the story was to kind of wonder if this really mattered in the end. That said, it may be less clear then I remember. If found this GoodReads link where people are mulling this over. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1827979-the-fake-police-station-is-really-bugging-me https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1827979-the-fake-police...

notahacker 9y ago
See, I always thought the book veered towards Deckard not being a replicant: his mind - like Philip K Dick's - veered all over the place whereas the androids (who despite their lack of "empathy" still apparently had bonds with each other) focused on their priorities. He has a lot more regular contact with what he assumes to be the real police department to the police department that arrests him which he concludes was fake. He passes a VG test. And the only reason he's involved in the first place is to appease his apparently very real wife's human concerns. Reportedly PKD once confirmed that in the book version Deckard was a human that had been dehumanised. Of course, it's PKD so it makes just as much sense the other way round (the "empathy boxes" make more sense as program-update devices than the sci-fi expressions of human religiosity and sentiment they were intended as) It's pretty clear the film takes the opposite tack but it's a very loose adaptation (and filmmakers have taken the opposite tack from PKD far more explicitly in e.g. Minority Report)