July 13, 2012[i]He is indeed an Animated thing; but having his own Aenima [soul], now that is a diferent matter. You can make a coin spin, but just because it is moving doens't mean it has a soul. Same thing with David 8.[/i]
A coin doesn't have self-awareness. David 8 does. That in itself is a paradox. He is a construct, yet, given the ability to mimic emotions and read them. When does the mimicry become the real thing? Copy something long enough, and you start to understand it and even DO it on your own.
And if you give a "creation" self awareness (I mean, it's obvious he knows what he is. Not like a bird or dog or tree. They simply are. They don't reflect on their state of existence) it's going to grow and develop its own personality. It's going to question WHY. David 8 asked Charlie the reason humans made him. This question is pivotal in the movie.
As Sukkai said, many in the film all but shoved it in David's face he doesn't have a soul - don't you think that concept is repeated and emphasized for a reason? His behavior displayed otherwise. This is the point, the oxymoron of his existence. Assumption: machine = no soul. Weyland may have made David, but creation will often evolve in unexpected ways. Hence, it was extremely arrogant and ignorant of Weyland to assume David has no soul all because he "made him". That's like me assuming my painting will never inspire someone because I didn't "mean" for it to inspire. That's not what I intended. Weyland many have intended for David to be some mechanical doll, but that's not what happened.
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