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Asimov's story

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Isaac Asimov apparently had in mind this story when he wrote "... That Thou Art Mindful of Him", since Asimov's title is from the same Bible verse, and two of Asimov's robots debate the same subject.^{[citation needed]}

This has been uncited since 2014. While both Twain and Asimov reference the same verse, it's not "apparent" at all that Asimov must have had Twain's essay in mind. The fact that Twain discusses man as a machine, and Asimov literally has robots discussing the nature of humanity, is an interesting parallel, but certainly no proof of influence. 82.95.254.249 (talk) 11:33, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 [[Isaac Asimov]] apparently had in mind this story when he wrote "[[... That Thou Art Mindful of Him]]", since Asimov's title is from the same Bible verse, and two of Asimov's robots debate the same subject.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
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-This has been uncited since 2014. While both Twain and Asimov reference the same verse, it's not "apparent" at all that Asimov must have had Twain's essay in mind. The fact that Twain discusses man as a machine, and Asimov literally has robots, is an interesting parallel, but certainly no proof of influence. [[Special:Contributions/82.95.254.249|82.95.254.249]] ([[User talk:82.95.254.249|talk]]) 11:33, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
+This has been uncited since 2014. While both Twain and Asimov reference the same verse, it's not "apparent" at all that Asimov must have had Twain's essay in mind. The fact that Twain discusses man as a machine, and Asimov literally has robots discussing the nature of humanity, is an interesting parallel, but certainly no proof of influence. [[Special:Contributions/82.95.254.249|82.95.254.249]] ([[User talk:82.95.254.249|talk]]) 11:33, 21 January 2022 (UTC)