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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #15 on: 05 Jan 2011, 04:26 »
Quote from: Vendrin on 05 Jan 2011, 01:33
Just my own tastes I'm sure, but I really hate it when mystic crap interferes in my futuristic neo-tech universe.

Or vice versa.

Even when it's perfectly obvious that the Book is actually an ancient Terran mind-control device with an embedded AI manipulating people for a dark plan?
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #16 on: 05 Jan 2011, 05:04 »
Any sufficiently advanced technology, and all that.
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #17 on: 06 Jan 2011, 12:24 »
I just don't know if you're ready for a house with a Bucket of Truth in it.
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #18 on: 08 Jan 2011, 07:29 »
I wonder what the book is.

I suspect it might be the sum total of mankind's collected philosophy. Every question ever asked, that sort of thing. Any mind exposed to it is instantly satisfied with regard to everything it could possibly ever want to know. Sort of a futuristic wikipedia that ends up sapping your will to continue existing, created with the best of intentions, perhaps as a teaching/learning tool, but with horrifying side effects unknown to its creators.

A lot of the fun in being human and alive is not knowing all the answers. With how dumb we are, we stumble drunkenly through the universe, occasionally inventing something new like x-ray telescopes to see it in ways we can't with our eyes. Having all the questions answered would be like eating the tastiest, most satisfying meal in the universe - but what do you have for breakfast the next morning?
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #19 on: 08 Jan 2011, 08:07 »
Quote from: hellgremlin on 08 Jan 2011, 07:29
... but what do you have for breakfast the next morning?
Bacon and egg in a pita bread. With cheese.
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #20 on: 08 Jan 2011, 10:52 »
Quote from: DosTuMai on 08 Jan 2011, 08:07
Quote from: hellgremlin on 08 Jan 2011, 07:29
... but what do you have for breakfast the next morning?
Bacon and egg in a pita bread. With cheese.
Yeah, but it's not as tasty as it used to be.

Then you go fucking insane.
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #21 on: 10 Jan 2011, 03:26 »
Quote from: hellgremlin on 08 Jan 2011, 10:52
Quote from: DosTuMai on 08 Jan 2011, 08:07
Quote from: hellgremlin on 08 Jan 2011, 07:29
... but what do you have for breakfast the next morning?
Bacon and egg in a pita bread. With cheese.
Yeah, but it's not as tasty as it used to be.

Then you go fucking insane.
Beer milkshake?
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Re: [Chronicle] The Book of Emptiness (Part Two)
« Reply #22 on: 10 Jan 2011, 15:00 »
Quote from: DosTuMai on 10 Jan 2011, 03:26
Beer milkshake?
It is the breakfast of champions after all.
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