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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
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Posted - 2016.11.30 15:46:47 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote:The only other explanation is that immediately upon graduation nine out of ten capsuleers went out and had a lobotomy in order to remove every scoop of brain goo not absolutely required to function in a pod.
Synaptic remapping can have some interesting side effect, especially when most capsuleers prioritize all other cognitive functions over those that enable the development of social skills.
I also sometimes wonder if there are other metaphysical causes for some capsuleer behaivour. I've noticed a disturbing trend among Empyreans who seem to believe they are in some kind of simulation or game. |
Elissa Book
Black Rise Search and Rescue
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Posted - 2016.12.14 11:26:26 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:I also sometimes wonder if there are other metaphysical causes for some capsuleer behaivour. I've noticed a disturbing trend among Empyreans who seem to believe they are in some kind of simulation or game.
I suspect, this is some kind of post-traumatic disorder after extensive usage of capsule simulators during their crash course. |
Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University Ivy League
43
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Posted - 2016.12.14 14:39:15 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:The only other explanation is that immediately upon graduation nine out of ten capsuleers went out and had a lobotomy in order to remove every scoop of brain goo not absolutely required to function in a pod. Synaptic remapping can have some interesting side effect, especially when most capsuleers prioritize all other cognitive functions over those that enable the development of social skills. I also sometimes wonder if there are other metaphysical causes for some capsuleer behaivour. I've noticed a disturbing trend among Empyreans who seem to believe they are in some kind of simulation or game.
It can be quite fun to play along with those delusions sometimes. I once met one of those kind of capsuleers in a bar, he was already quite a few drinks in. and on a whim I played along with it, told him that he was right and that it was a simulation, that he was actually still in training and that this was all a test, and that the only reason he hadn't passed it yet was that it was intended to see how well they could work towards benefiting other members of the tribes... I then got him to buy my drinks for the rest of the night. "as a start" |
Avaelica Kuershin
Signal Cartel
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Posted - 2016.12.15 09:43:06 -
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Luna Hanaya wrote:Morgan Wulver wrote: I'm legitimately curious, because I'm starting to feel a little robbed here. Back in my day you were required to have a technical degree, 20/20 vision, perfect hearing, immaculate blood pressure, a complete genome profile, a six hour oral exam, and a 60 kilometer run before they would even consider letting you join. Oh, and that whole needing to score 98 percentile in your aptitude test. (Which, judging by many of the capsuleers I have met is either a testament to how daft most of New Eden is or to how flawed standardized tests are.)
Wow, I didn't know Caldari selection of candidates was so severe! Here we were selected only if God allowed us by writing it in our genome... I wonder how Federal selection was looking like.
Indeed, the severity of selection criteria is somewhat curious. Of course in my case, once it was found I was suitable for becoming a capsuleer, I had a lot of assistance. That same assistance being made available to those aiming to be alpha clones as well.
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Praevus
True Path.
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Posted - 2016.12.16 12:13:26 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:The only other explanation is that immediately upon graduation nine out of ten capsuleers went out and had a lobotomy in order to remove every scoop of brain goo not absolutely required to function in a pod. Synaptic remapping can have some interesting side effect, especially when most capsuleers prioritize all other cognitive functions over those that enable the development of social skills. I also sometimes wonder if there are other metaphysical causes for some capsuleer behaivour. I've noticed a disturbing trend among Empyreans who seem to believe they are in some kind of simulation or game. What makes you think you are not in one? Human brain is easily fooled. Why are you so sure that pod of yours is actually in a ship that goes somewhere, or that there is a pod, or even your physical cloned body, at all? You may as well be an uploaded conscience in a virtual universe, a part of a Sleeper experiment, for example. Knowing their technology, you wouldn't tell the difference. |
Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
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Posted - 2016.12.16 16:44:58 -
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Praevus wrote:Persephone Alleile wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:The only other explanation is that immediately upon graduation nine out of ten capsuleers went out and had a lobotomy in order to remove every scoop of brain goo not absolutely required to function in a pod. Synaptic remapping can have some interesting side effect, especially when most capsuleers prioritize all other cognitive functions over those that enable the development of social skills. I also sometimes wonder if there are other metaphysical causes for some capsuleer behaivour. I've noticed a disturbing trend among Empyreans who seem to believe they are in some kind of simulation or game. What makes you think you are not in one? Human brain is easily fooled. Why are you so sure that pod of yours is actually in a ship that goes somewhere, or that there is a pod, or even your physical cloned body, at all? You may as well be an uploaded conscience in a virtual universe, a part of a Sleeper experiment, for example. Knowing their technology, you wouldn't tell the difference.
Agreed. And since you couldn't tell the difference, is there really one? What it comes down to is experiences. The one thing we can be sure is real is the effect our experiences have upon us, so does it matter if the experience is 'real' or virtual?
In such a case is there really much point in engaging with the world as though it is a simulation? Why not submerge yourself into it and accept your experiences as real and learn from them what you can? |
Praevus
True Path.
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Posted - 2016.12.16 18:06:36 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:In such a case is there really much point in engaging with the world as though it is a simulation? Why not submerge yourself into it and accept your experiences as real and learn from them what you can? If you look at the "gamer dementia" of the weaker minds, you'll see that it is, first and foremost, a defensive mechanism.
Thinking of the world as a simulation and people as AI instances helps the weak to simplify everything. The scale of things, the cause and effect, the guilt - everything is boiled down to a set of, albeit complex, game mechanics.
The weak do not want to get "submerged" into it all, because what's left of their egos would collapse. They play to win, not to suffer.
But there's also another thing. If New Eden is a fake, there should be subtle cracks in the walls here and there that an inquisitive mind might be able to notice and exploit to one's advantage. No software is perfect. If found, such an exploit might make one a god among the unsuspecting sheeple.
...Or end him if the Demiurges are watching. |
Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
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Posted - 2016.12.16 22:49:34 -
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Morgan Wulver wrote:Yarosara Ruil wrote:Slayer Liberator wrote:You were a first generation clone soldier? Well that explains your behavior. Third Generation Storm Wind Strikeforce Logistician Class 4 Major of the Hydra Squad, thank you very much! And there's nothing wrong with my behavior, you big meanie! I honestly can't tell when she's bullshitting or not anymore. If I'm not mistaken third generation clone soldiers are an experimental prototype cloned soldier so the probability that she is one is very low and if she is than they need to update either the clones or the entry process |
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