Brain, Biological Robots and Androids: Prophecies in the Realm . of Science Fiction and Religion

Abstract

This chapter aims to take seriously the intimate relation of the Raelian prophecy to sci-fi stories in order to amplify possibilities of understanding its outreach. Science fiction is produced in various formats and languages: novels, magazines, comic strips, TV shows, and films. This chapter concentrates not on the media language of these productions, but on the characters and plots of some science fiction stories in the belief that-for the specific purposes of this study of the brain and androids in sci-fi characters and plots can help inform the core of the argument being developed. The chapter discusses the notions of brain and ?biological robots' are central to the Raelian message concerning a person's development or ?Elohimisation'. In Asimov's work we can find examples of practically all the versions of the brain and artificial intelligence present in science fiction. Keywords:androids; artificial intelligence; biological robots; brain; Elohim; Isaac Asimov; Raelian message; science fiction