Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140808001942/@comment-10390252-20140809214213

To me, a 'soul' is something that only an organic life-form can have. However, that doesn't matter because, to me, the key question is: "Are they truely sentient?" In Penny's case, the answer is 'yes'. She is demonstrating a huge range of emotions so spontaneously and eccentrically that I can't buy the 'simulated' argument for a second. She is disobeying orders and finding a way around them and she is forming personal attachments.

To me, Penny is ticking all the boxes required to be considered a real person in her own right. The fact that she was formed on a work bench rather than in a womb is irrelevant.