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WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
Farideh:
That sounds like something Yay would do.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 28 Jun 2021, 20:38 ---Are 'ghosts' actually bodyless AIs projecting their minds back in time? :-P
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Or into poorly insulated modems á la Futurama?
awkwardness:
CLaire...just shut up while you're behind. Just because you have a higher degree doesn't give you the right to force your views on others. Just because YOU don't believe in it doesn't give you the right to talk down to people who do. Unless they are forcing their views on you, STFU.
As for the strip: data can be intercepted and deciphered and since AI consciences can reside online it's no different than intercepting packets and putting together data. You'd have to be able to read code, but that's doable...from the mind? That might be stretching things but who knows with the way they're working with AIs in the QC Universe: it might be possible and done already for all we know.
awkwardness:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 28 Jun 2021, 20:38 ---Are 'ghosts' actually bodyless AIs projecting their minds back in time? :-P
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...that is scary in that it could be true. In the past it was gas causing hallucinations and people exaggerating claims out of fear or money reasons but nowadays that could be the truth!
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: awkwardness on 29 Jun 2021, 00:32 ---Unless they are forcing their views on you, STFU.
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That’s a pretty extreme overreaction.
Claire is not “behind,” and she is, in fact, completely correct.
I’ve never been fond of this idea that just because a person has irrational and/or superstitious beliefs, they get to shut down all discussion of that subject. Not all beliefs are equally valid, and not all beliefs are worthy of respect.
Take Flat Earthers, for example. Are we seriously supposed to STFU every time they mention the idea that the Earth is flat? Because asserting reality will offend them?
In this particular instance, it’s possible that Beeps might be offended that Claire pointed out that psychic powers are imaginary, but in context, it seems more likely that Beeps is just psychic-curious rather than a zealot on the subject. A little credulous, perhaps, but probably open to a simple explanation of why they’re not real.
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