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@theotherbrook @handmade_ghost
And so on, ad infinitum.
This reminds me obliquely of _The Futurological Congress_ by Stanislaw Lem, with its layer upon layer of hallucinations.
@catselbow @theotherbrook I hope to never find myself so abruptly shipwrecked in reality!
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@catselbow @theotherbrook I hope to never find myself so abruptly shipwrecked in reality!
@handmade_ghost @theotherbrook
Right. I'll just stay here with the tiny people, thank you.
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@handmade_ghost @theotherbrook
Right. I'll just stay here with the tiny people, thank you.
@catselbow @handmade_ghost The summary of that sounds amazing, and it's long past time I read more Lem. But it also obliquely reminded me of "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" by John Varley. (Very different from the bad adaptation starring Raoul Julia.) In that story the protagonist's consciousness is temporarily stored in the computer that controls the whole world and he finds ways to entertain himself until they can put him back in his body.
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@catselbow @handmade_ghost The summary of that sounds amazing, and it's long past time I read more Lem. But it also obliquely reminded me of "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" by John Varley. (Very different from the bad adaptation starring Raoul Julia.) In that story the protagonist's consciousness is temporarily stored in the computer that controls the whole world and he finds ways to entertain himself until they can put him back in his body.
@theotherbrook @handmade_ghost
I'm a big fan of John Varley's work, especially his short stories, and I was sad to hear about his recent death.
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@theotherbrook @handmade_ghost
And so on, ad infinitum.
This reminds me obliquely of _The Futurological Congress_ by Stanislaw Lem, with its layer upon layer of hallucinations.
@catselbow @theotherbrook @handmade_ghost I reread that every few years, it unsettles me. But I love it.
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@catselbow @theotherbrook @handmade_ghost I reread that every few years, it unsettles me. But I love it.
@sunumbral @theotherbrook @handmade_ghost
I'll take this opportunity to say that Lem's best book is _The Cyberiad_, a book I love with all my heart. I first read it when I was a kid, and these "fables for a cybernetic age" are very dear to me. I often think of Trurl's machine that can make anything beginning with the letter "N".
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@sunumbral @theotherbrook @handmade_ghost
I'll take this opportunity to say that Lem's best book is _The Cyberiad_, a book I love with all my heart. I first read it when I was a kid, and these "fables for a cybernetic age" are very dear to me. I often think of Trurl's machine that can make anything beginning with the letter "N".
@catselbow @sunumbral @theotherbrook Ah! I've not read The Cyberiad! Adding it to my list.
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@catselbow @sunumbral @theotherbrook Ah! I've not read The Cyberiad! Adding it to my list.
@handmade_ghost me too
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This article raises questions:
* Are the little people really there, and the mushrooms just let us see them?
* Do two people see the same little people?
* Do the mice see little mice?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people
@catselbow Yeah! It was that article that made me ask this question!
I want the people to draw the little people that they see so we can tell if they're all seeing the same little people!
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@catselbow Yeah! It was that article that made me ask this question!
I want the people to draw the little people that they see so we can tell if they're all seeing the same little people!
Yes! And teach the mice to draw for similar reasons.
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@catselbow Yeah! It was that article that made me ask this question!
I want the people to draw the little people that they see so we can tell if they're all seeing the same little people!
We've also been wondering: Do we really have cats in our house, or are we just seeing them because of something we eat? They seem like implausible creatures.
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@informapirata @fediverso Certo che ce n'è bisogno, soprattutto per le persone che sono chiuse nei social commerciali. Io l'ho scritto prima rispondendo ad altro thread: chi è estraneo al fediverso non ne ha la minima idea. Chiamarlo già col suo nome, li mette in difficoltà estrema; spiegare il concetto di federazione, decentralizzazione, istanze, ma più che altro far capire ai "poco tecnici" quali vantaggi possono trovare in un sistema che, descritto così nudo e crudo, appare enormemente frammentato.
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Se ci si affida sempre a qualcuno che torva per te le cose....
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@Vitalba Eh, la secònda™…
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@oblomov me too. Even when used in good faith, I can’t help but having the feeling of someone redirecting a conversation based on their own biases. I don’t know, I remember back in the day on Twitter as well when they introduced quote tweets they completely ruined the vibe for me. I just don’t like them.
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I'm starting to seriously hate quote toots.
