The title is a reference to the common meditative practice of counting sheep to help one go to sleep. The implication is that androids, being electric, would po

The title is a reference to the common meditative practice of counting sheep to help one go to sleep. The implication is that androids, being electric, would possibly count electric sheep. The title implies a deeper question, that being whether machines are capable of dreaming, and if so, whether a machine that dreams can be considered human.