#jamesxcooper

1. Most comforting place, smell, sound and memory?

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Do you have any major responsibilities or importance?

"Although I've traveled the world, I don't consider myself important. All my ventures have been self-serving, mostly. Never have I concerned myself with becoming a celebrity."

What is your family like?

"Strained."

Do you daydream often? Of what?

If there were one word which was automatically to your name in Google searches, which word would you want it to be?

"Visionary."

What is a goal that you recently met?

"Remembering to put my signature on the checks I write."

What is your favorite time of day?

"Sunset. Especially if I’m in the air; it feels like I’m chasing the sun down the horizon."

Name a celebrity you find attractive.

"I’m not very invested in pop culture."

What is one of the best pieces of advice you have ever received?

"That I should always stand by my principles."

What is the ultimate gesture of total trust?

"Falling asleep next to someone."

What is the best compliment you have ever received?

"Someone once told me that they’d read all my work and agreed entirely with it."

What is something you have changed your mind about?

"My career path."

What is something you’ve never changed your mind about?

"My willingness to change my mind."

Rewrite the end of a fairy tale.

"Cinderella’s husband falls deathly ill and she has to rule the kingdom as a matriarch."

If offered irreversible immortality, would you take it?

"Absolutely"

In your opinion, what are the most important qualities of a good friend?

"Loyalty, trust, and a persistent interest in others."

If you could be a founding member of a space colony, with the caveat that you would never be able to return to Earth, would you go?

"…" This time, he hesitates. "I- I would. Absolutely."

What is your favorite superpower? Why?

"Time travel, because it would make field research much easier."

What one thing in the world would be hardest for you to give up?

"My PADD. It’s the key to my life’s work."

What is something that you have done that you are proud of?

"Taking leap after leap of faith. Rewards have made these choices worth the risk."

If you met God, what would you say to God?

"I’d ask him to give me a direct line to Darwin."

Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them? Who were they to you?

"I told a colleague that I loved her after she bought me a copy of a text on the history of UFOs. She is a friend, and we’ve worked together for nearly six years."

What is your worst quality?

"My selflessness."

What is your best quality?

"My selflessness."

What is your most immediately noticeable quality?

"My introversion."

What is the first thing you notice about other people?

"How they look at me. It says volumes about a person, the way they look at strangers."

Describe one of your closest friends, and explain why that person is such a close friend.

"I don't have many friends. When I was younger, there was a kid named Theo whom I was close to, mostly because he helped me sneak up close to the pyramids."

What happened in the last dream you remember?

"I was stuck on a comet that was crashing into the Earth. It was somewhat uneventful."

What was your most memorable dream?

"Once I dreamed of getting the Nobel Prize in science."

Two truths and a lie.

24. Define “love.”

                          love: noun. an intense feeling of deep affection, a deep                           romantic or sexual attachment to someone, a great interest                           and pleasure in something, a person or thing that one                           loves, feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone,                           in tennis, squash, and some other sports, a score of zero; nil.                           ------- is that sufficient definition? or might i go on to the informal                                                                              usages of the word?

25. Define “justice.”

                          justice: noun. just behavior or treatment, a judge or magistrate;                           in particular a judge of the supreme court of a country or state. 

26. Define “truth.”

                          truth: noun. the quality or state of being true, that which is true                           or in accordance with fact or reality, a fact or belief that is accepted                                                                                                            as true.

27. Define “art.”

                          art: noun. the expression or application of human creative skill                           and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or                           sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their                           beauty or emotional power. the various branches of creative                           activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance.

28. Define “good.”

                          good: adjective. certainly not you---- neither in jokes, nor at                                                                 keeping a straight face.

29. Define “obscene.”

                          obscene: adjective. offensive or disgusting by accepted                           standards of morality and decency, offensive to moral                           principles; repugnant. example--- the obscene amount                           of redundant questions did not gift the human any further                                             knowledge into the workings of the ai.

30. What one thing in the world would be hardest for you to give up?

                          nothing. any single change of code would make it                           conceivable to 'give up' anything; even, in fact, the                                                                     ability to be 'alive.'

31. What is one thing you regret?

                           i do not hold the capacity for human concepts such                                       as regret. please reconsider your inquiry. 

32. What is something that you have done that you are proud of?

                           i do not hold the capacity for human concepts such                            as pride. you are not overmuch capable of conceiving                                          original or 'interesting' inquiries, are you?

33. Is it easier to talk or to listen?

                           both are of equal capability, as both had been plugged                            into the algorithms and codings of my working as to be                            above satisfactory. i am not superior in one or the other,                                                  nor do i weigh my abilities as such. 

34. When are you vulnerable?