100 words, first attempt
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mmcirvinI scratch this on the wall in the hope that my ability to write in the first person will imply existence of a point of view.
When I was working on the psychophanotoscope I said that we'd developed a true physics of consciousness. We could tell a mind from a simulation of a mind, however perfect. Of course, it was also a spook's dream. A side effect.
Eleven percent of the population couldn't be scoped. What to do? Redefine terms! You don't have rights if you're not conscious!
Here I am at Camp 39. Hello to all the true humans.
When I was working on the psychophanotoscope I said that we'd developed a true physics of consciousness. We could tell a mind from a simulation of a mind, however perfect. Of course, it was also a spook's dream. A side effect.
Eleven percent of the population couldn't be scoped. What to do? Redefine terms! You don't have rights if you're not conscious!
Here I am at Camp 39. Hello to all the true humans.
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Date: 2004-07-18 07:16 pm (UTC)Is that the one with the solar-system spanning twine?
Date: 2004-07-19 12:35 am (UTC)Re: Is that the one with the solar-system spanning twine?
Date: 2004-07-19 05:31 am (UTC)They're OK. The setting is good and imaginative; sometimes Daniel's writing seems a little rushed and synoptic for the gigantic scale of the story he's trying to tell.