Official Report: Pod TaTro #22134
Position: Security Office
Standard Date: 22.46.612
Location of Disturbance: Common Easting area A112
Sapient in Question: Professor Matthew McTavish of Philosophy
Offence: Public Disturbance
Injuries: Unknown
Delegations Involved: Unknown
Weapon Used: Unknown
Notes:
This is an after action report in regards to the public disturbance in dining hall A112. I had arrived on scene as there was an uproar and possible riot taking place. Once I arrived there seemed to be several students in shock lying about no longer being able to speak or respond to auditory and visual stimuli. In the center was Professor Matthew McTavish who seemed stunned. As no weapon was detected nor there seemed no perpetrator a recalling of the events was taken down from the Professor.
Official Notation:
Security: What have you done?
McTavish: Nothing, where going over questions from the reading.
Security: No, what happened to the students.
McTavish: I do not know.
Security: What do you mean you do not know? Did you expose them to something dangerous? Did someone else try to kill them?
McTavish: Nothing of the sort, We were speaking together about their homework and they started to scream and fall over.
(Having sat through a class I decided to inquire more. This is not normal protocol but this human is not normal.)
Security: What was the discussion?
McTavish: Who are you?
Security: I am Security Officer Pod TaTro.
McTavish: No, that was the homework.
Security: Please explain in full detail.
McTavish: I gave them a simple scenario of 3 questions and to follow up with their thoughts and feelings on the subjects.
Security: Talk with me about this scenario.
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Following information is in violation of several species religious doctrines and is banned thinking by the council.
Level 4 security required
Level 6 psychological capability required
Approval from council required
Approval from Queen's counsel required
McTavish: Ok, Well it is a hypothetical thought experiment?
Security: Wait what is Hypothetical?
McTavish: Oh, it is simple thinking of a scenario that has not or can not really happen.
Security: I have never heard of this.
(Dean of Xeno Science,B11735, arrived on scene. As to better understand human I asked them to help with translation.)
B11735: Why would you think of something that can not happen?
McTavish: To think.
Security: What did you have them think of?
McTavish: First question was if you were given a prosthetic limb would you still be you?
B11735: This is not a military academy. This is a Science academy!
Security: I see how that would send them into shock just trying to think of the horror.
B11735: Professor Matthew McTavish I will need to transfer you off the academy grounds. You are not to teach non-science subject matters to our students.
McTavish: Wait, That is not what did this. Actually many of the students had no issues with that question. A few look a little sick but mentally seemed to have dealt with it.
B11735: That is not excusable, you must leave now!
Security: Dean B11735, you can not send Human McTavish away as he is in my care. Professor, what were the other questions?
McTavish: The second was, If your whole body was replaced but your physical mind was only original would you be you.
B11735: hu…hu…arrrgghh
Special Note: Dean B11735 and several of my guards had vomited and two medics left the room.
Security: Is this normal practice for your species?
McTavish: My species can not do this.
Special Note: One of my guards passed out
B11735: Then how did you think of this? How!?
McTavish: I did not. It is an old thought experiment from before my species could even make complex machines.
B11735: This is not true… This is not truth…
Special Note: One Medic fainted, Two guards left due to mental strain and Dean b11735 needed to sit down.
Security: McTavish, I know that your species is new but do not lie as it is a capital offence.
McTavish: I have not lied, it is just a thought experiment to see how one views themselves.
Security: Continue
McTavish: Well a few students that had come here had left at this point. I just figured that they ate something bad or had other places to be. But I digress, The third question was, If your thoughts transferred to a computer is it still you?
Special note: I had room cleared of all staff, All students taken to medical facilities, Area was put into immediate lockdown as per directive 97821. This Security Officer begs for forgiveness for not acting faster in this situation or isolating the human at first contact. I was almost completely taken over by this "Thought Experiment ''. I had blacked out for a time of 25 small moments. When I came through Professor Matthew McTavish was sitting next to me and seemed to be genuinely concerned.
Security: I see why the students had an issue with this.
McTavish: We I never knew it would be so dramatic
Security: Tell me Professor, What is the answer? I will likely be transferred after my failure to protect the academy.
McTavish: You did nothing wrong. The Answer is I don't know.
Security: Why ask the students questions that you do not know the answer to?
Special note: At this point I started...
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Queen approval Required
Bishop approval Required
Special Note:
After this long discussion with the Human Matthew McTavish we sat and talked till protocols had been completed and we could leave. I think… I think I understand a little now. As per standing orders there is no crime that was in violation of any accords between the humans and any other species.
Special Note:
Have received orders to be transferred to home planet. I will leave on the next shuttle with my child. I have been thinking about what Human Matthew McTavish said about questioning and not knowing while looking for the truth. He will continue teaching here under current standing. I really think he is on to something.
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Queen approval Required
Pope approval Required
Overseer approval Required
Inquisitor Note:
Security Officer Pod TaTro and offspring had died while in transport to their home planet. No remains recovered. Inquisitor being sent to the Academy of Sciences.
Subject: Human Professor Matthew McTavish to be put under observation.