[IC] Myriad Reality

[Valiance]

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Indeed. Assuming everything is built from consistent axioms, then we must face the reality of determinism. To believe otherwise is to reject that our world is consistent.

@Legend

And we can't have that. The only thing I can consistently say about the world is that it is consistent.
*Grins widely with amusement*

[Nimda]

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Yeah but not through them. Apologize and move on with your day, but the other person probably thinks about how surreal it was for a while.

@Audacious

Oh, huh. I guess you’re right.
*Looks up*
You think I should have baked them a pie or something?

[Audacious]

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Oh, huh. I guess you’re right.
*Looks up*
You think I should have baked them a pie or something?

@Nimda

It's harmless in the scheme of things. Funny too, if you ask me.

[Legend]

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And we can't have that. The only thing I can consistently say about the world is that it is consistent.
*Grins widely with amusement*

@Valiance

*Nods and smiles knowingly*
And yet, perhaps its residents are not. Which brings us back to empirical tests.

[Valiance]

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*Nods and smiles knowingly*
And yet, perhaps its residents are not. Which brings us back to empirical tests.

@Legend

To an extent, at least. People are surprisingly consistent.

[Legend]

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To an extent, at least. People are surprisingly consistent.

@Valiance

Perhaps on the scale of trends. However, given identical initial conditions, a new response would indicate that either there are additional variables we did not account for, that the world is inherently contradictory, or that there exists a false assumption, and that willed entities cannot adequately be described with our axioms. All scenarios beget fascinating, perhaps even chilling implications.

[Valiance]

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Perhaps on the scale of trends. However, given identical initial conditions, a new response would indicate that either there are additional variables we did not account for, that the world is inherently contradictory, or that there exists a false assumption, and that willed entities cannot adequately be described with our axioms. All scenarios beget fascinating, perhaps even chilling implications.

@Legend

I give you that, certainly. More fascinating if you ever go beyond just conjecture.

[Nimda]

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It's harmless in the scheme of things. Funny too, if you ask me.

@Audacious

Well now that you mention it, I hope I didn’t freak them out too badly.

[Audacious]

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Well now that you mention it, I hope I didn’t freak them out too badly.

@Nimda

It’s just jarring I’m sure. Harmless, like you say, but weird. Weirder still that you could probably keep going and they'd just get the weird feeling without knowing what happened. You’re probably too fast for them to even know you’re there, until you stop to apologize.

[Legend]

[Nimda]

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It’s just jarring I’m sure. Harmless, like you say, but weird. Weirder still that you could probably keep going and they'd just get the weird feeling without knowing what happened. You’re probably too fast for them to even know you’re there, until you stop to apologize.

@Audacious

You’re right, they probably wouldn’t. I guess it’s also possible that they wouldn’t notice at all if I didn’t stop to talk to them.

[Audacious]

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You’re right, they probably wouldn’t. I guess it’s also possible that they wouldn’t notice at all if I didn’t stop to talk to them.

@Nimda

So the truth might be that you being too nice is the only reason people get weirded out at all.
*Suppresses another laugh*
That’s also very funny.

[Nimda]

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So the truth might be that you being too nice is the only reason people get weirded out at all.
*Suppresses another laugh*
That’s also very funny.

@Audacious

Well you know, not stopping wouldn’t be very nice of me either.

[Legend]

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I give you that, certainly. More fascinating if you ever go beyond just conjecture.

@Valiance

Which is why I’m interested in proving one of those three realities. My intuition is that the third category best represents Existence, but I admit that the second would branch into several new fields of research.

[Audacious]

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Well you know, not stopping wouldn’t be very nice of me either.

@Nimda

No one would know the difference. It’s more worrisome to them that someone just poofed into reality next to them, apologized for something, then poofed back out. Bonus points if you’re not specific about what you’re apologizing for, and they’re left wondering what the magic girl did.
*My face turns slightly red from trying not to laugh*
That’s the most hilarious possibility.

[Valiance]

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Which is why I’m interested in proving one of those three realities. My intuition is that the third category best represents Existence, but I admit that the second would branch into several new fields of research.

@Legend

The science of contradiction. Doesn’t sound very sciencey at all.

[Legend]

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The science of contradiction. Doesn’t sound very sciencey at all.

@Valiance

Precisely! Such an object would be the very antonym of science. And yet, if there exists some physical manifestation of a contradiction, some interpretations assert that it may usher disastrous consequences.

[Nimda]

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No one would know the difference. It’s more worrisome to them that someone just poofed into reality next to them, apologized for something, then poofed back out. Bonus points if you’re not specific about what you’re apologizing for, and they’re left wondering what the magic girl did.
*My face turns slightly red from trying not to laugh*
That’s the most hilarious possibility.

@Audacious

Aagghhhh—
*Puts my hand against my face*
You’re right. You’re so right.

[souleaterfan320]

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No, I'm not. Afraid I'm just a bit more relevant than that.

@Melodious

well then... you are not a target. do you... have information on them?

[souleaterfan320]

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I exchange territories sufficiently often to not be concerned with value depreciation. Whatever is lost upon that day is considered a cost of business.

@Source

*smirks* and your sure that your 40 or so territories will not interfere with my plan?