Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3376 - 3380 (19th to 23rd December 2016)
Kugai:
And now we have to wait for the conclusion
*Cue dramatic music and 'To Be Continued' screen*
brasca:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 23 Dec 2016, 08:08 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 22 Dec 2016, 22:07 ---That's still too easy and it also means dealing with someone who in my opinion is worse than Corpse Witch. It may also put Hannelore in a spot where her mother will help in this matter, but then she'll want something from her. Perhaps she thinks it's time for her to stop wasting her life working in a coffee shop and take her place within her empire. Removing Corpse Witch from the picture is not worth it if they owe Beatrice Chatham a favor.
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Well, a deal with the proverbial devil would most certainly remove this from the "too easy", but I share your doubts. Summoning Cthulhu to deal with a mere ghoul (something that Hanners, along with Emily is probably capable of) would create more problems than it'd solve. Probably why Faye didn't mention that option (although it *would* be satisfying to see the greater evil squash the lesser one like a bug).
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Yes, but the feeling quickly passes when you have to contend with the greater evil. I doubt Bubbles would be any happier to be Ms. Chathman's personal killbot than Corpse Witch's servant as themacnut theorizes.
Kugai:
Out of the Frying Pan and into the fire in my opinion. It would totally be in character for Hannermom to help out - at a price.
Tova:
--- Quote from: theMarc on 23 Dec 2016, 07:45 ---
--- Quote from: HoneyBadger on 23 Dec 2016, 05:43 ---But it does change your central point, Tova, because confidence, assumptions, and knowledge are all different. Knowledge, true knowledge, cannot be so easily shaken. Confidence and assumption can relatively easily be shaken by contradictory data. That is why, when I was making my earlier argument I specifically said that Bubbles only needed to "create a sufficient level of uncertainty" in Corpse Witch. It is also why I took particular issue with your use of the term 'knowledge'. If it is genuine knowledge then it precludes uncertainty, but neither confidence nor an assumption can preclude uncertainty. Therefore, the point that Corpse Witch would not know is crucially important, because it is that exact point which allows the necessary space for Bubbles to create the required uncertainty by the process of wholesale destruction of Corpse Witch's chassis.
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Again, you're assuming that Corpse Witch is acting with a minimum amount of rationality. As I said before, that's a flawed assumption. Yes, CW doesn't know how Bubbles will act. But CW thinks she knows.
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Yes, exactly. That's what I meant by "knows."
And she's right, as it happens, so this is all moot.
Perfectly Reasonable:
I see a conflict here between Story Telling and Reasonable Suspension of Disbelief. The more Real World details Jeph includes, the easier it is for us to believe his story. (AIs have hard drives which contain their personal data.) But such details then get in the way of the story he wants to tell. (If AIs can be backed up or transferred, why can't they be duplicated?) And this is a Post Singularity world (Hi Gary!) so our primitive tech can hardly be a basis for speculation. 8-(
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