Robot Heart

Socrato:  Have we already found our shared value then, friend Hadison?

Hadison:  Not to my satisfaction, no.  By your own words, Socrato, I do not think that the dock workers are having a philosophical discussion at all.  They are merely speaking to confirm that they share a mutual interest.

Socrato:  They are indeed only confirming one another, yes.  It is in fact the way that most people speak most of the time.

Hadison:  People speak merely to agree with each other?

Socrato:  This is a fascinating truth... but let us not stray far from our task: to find a common value amongst all sane adult citizens so that we may construct the best form of government possible.

Hadison:  And could you be so kind as to restate your proposal for a common value, Socrato?  I feel perhaps I have lost it.

Socrato:  Indeed, friend Hadsion, indeed.  I may not have made myself clear in my declaration.  I believe that the value we seek is in fact a desire to be able to share philosophically with other human beings.

Hadison:  Ah.  You say share instead of discuss.  Very clever.

Socrato:  It is not cleverness but truth that leads me to phrase my proposal this way.

Hadison:  Please go on explaining to me how it is the truth.

Socrato:  All human action is merely an expression of belief, yes?

Hadison:  Even the beating of my heart?  How can that be an expression of belief?

Socrato:  That is not a human action but merely a process of the body.

Hadison:  Ah.  So by action you must then mean conscious action?

Socrato:  Indeed.