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Descartes and “Blade Runner” In the movie “Blade Runner”, human beings have created genetically engineered beings to assist in labor. These beings are called “replicants”. They are created to be extremely intelligent and they are programmed to die after four years. In the movie, the situation goes out of control, and the replicants start killing humans. So the humans form a police force just for killing these replicants. These police officers are called Blade Runners. We must wonder, is it okay to “retire” (or kill) these beings? In the movie, one of the replicants, Priss, quotes Descartes’ famous line “I think, therefore I am.” This brings about a great deal of questions, such as “Is this a true statement? Are the replicants people? Do the replicants think?” In Descartes’ Second Writing, he states that the only thing he can be sure of is his existence. He knows he exists because he thinks. He is a thinking thing. I agree with Descartes’ belief that we are indeed people because we have thought. Many people feel that this means the replicants must be people, since they appeared to have thought in this movie. I don’t believe this is true. There is a great difference between having intellig