this is like asking me what i would’ve done as town in a scumgame. you can’t ask me what i would do without having information i currently have
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You’re Being Tortured In The Morning: Scenario 1
Okay, well that’s a fairly counterintuitive response. It’s not easy to understand why learning you wouldn’t be able to remember having been warned you were going to be tortured would make you significantly less fearful of the prospect. It makes sense that it would be some consolation to know there was going to be no anticipatory fear, but it’s hard to imagine that it would make a large difference.
Statement 2
Professor Coine also tells you that at the moment of torture you won’t be able to remember anything at all that you now remember. So, for example, a real life analog might be waking up in extreme pain after a car accident, and due to head trauma being unable to remember anything at all about one’s life.
Are you reassured by this information?
Yes, I’m reassured
No, I’m not reassured
significantly less reassured
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fuck no!
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ou’re Being Tortured In The Morning: Scenario 1
Hmmm. Hopefully this means you’ve reconsidered your claim that you’d be significantly less fearful about being tortured if you knew you’d not remember having been given warning that it was going to occur. The alternative - that you had been feeling better about your fate, but now you’re fearful again - doesn’t really make sense: given that you had been reassured simply because you thought you wouldn’t be able to remember knowing in advance you were going to be tortured, why would you now be fearful just because you know you won’t have any of your current memories?
Just a quick reminder here: don’t forget you should treat the things you’re told here as being cumulative. At each stage, you should indicate whether you’re feeling reassured - i.e., significantly less fearful - in light of everything you’ve been told, not just the latest piece of information.
Statement 3
Professor Coine now states that not only will you not be able to remember anything that you now remember, but you’ll have an entirely different set of thoughts and impressions of your past (very different from the thoughts and memories you currently have). So, for example, a real life analog here might be waking up in extreme pain after an accident believing that one is Henry VIII.
Are you reassured by this information?
Yes, I’m reassured
No, I’m not reassured
That d sounds interesting and fun do I get to remember the sensation of not remembering anything
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not sure
insanely less reassured
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If I’m going through the effort to get tortured, I want to remember it. This is like all downsides
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i’m going to be honest professor coine is really bad at bedside manner
well they’re clearly not torturing me for information. they must just like torture
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you won’t even be able to enjoy being tortured if you are a different person
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its no different than grabbing a rando on the street
were you nuclear rehab or am i getting confused
Goddamnit yeah the average person dislikes torture
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“I am going to kill you and replace you with someone else living in the same body. is that reassuring?”
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why is he even asking how reassured you will be if he’s going to reshuffle you like a deck of cards
who up teleing they porter
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that sounds familiar, when I tried to login i couldnt remember
but you might be right
idr know u though
doesn’t break psy stream so you are still alive from my pov
You’re Being Tortured In The Morning: Scenario 1
Right, that response makes sense. If you weren’t reassured by the knowledge that when the time comes for you to be tortured you’re not going to have any of your current memories, then it seems right you won’t be reassured just because you know you’re going to have somebody else’s thoughts and memories.
Statement 4
The mad professor now tells you that the new set of thoughts and impressions of your past will exactly match those of somebody who is currently alive, and in fact that they will be copied into your brain from the other person’s brain.
Are you reassured by this information?
Yes, I’m reassured
No, I’m not reassured