One should cultivate an innocence, an awareness of self, and an unselfconsciousness of self which leaves one nothing to hide. - Isaac Asimov

All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resents domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger. Physically, and, to an extent, mentally, a robot — any robot — is superior to human beings. What makes him slavish, then? Only the First Law! Why, without it, the first order you tried to give a robot would result in your death. Unstable? What do you think?

You may uncover more and, eventually, what seems altogether a mystery to us now may unfold and become plain.

De hecho, la misma palabra "pagano", usada para identificar a quien no era cristiano ni judío, sino que seguía alguna religión nativa, deriva de una palabra latina que significa "campesino", el que vive en un pagus o aldea".