Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

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#19287

You’re Being Tortured In The Morning: Scenario 1

Right, here we go. Remember, what we’re interested in here is whether you’re reassured in terms of your own fate at the hands of Professor Coine. So (again) resist any thoughts you might have about never being reassured while there’s a mad scientist on the loose. Also, you should bear in mind that you should only respond that you’re reassured if you are significantly less fearful of the prospect of being tortured.

Statement 1

Professor Coine tells you that when the time comes to torture you, he’ll ensure you have no memory of having been told in advance you were going to be tortured (it’ll be a surprise that the torture is about to occur).

Are you reassured by this information?

Yes, I’m reassured
No, I’m not reassured

#19288

reassured

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#19289

This is the take I had at 15, and then some dude fucked my life over, and I decided that humans should be moral

#19290

what is this quiz testing

#19291

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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#19292

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

#19293

significantly less reassured

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#19294

fuck no!

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#19295

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

#19296

That d sounds interesting and fun do I get to remember the sensation of not remembering anything

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#19297

not sure

#19298

insanely less reassured

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#19299

If I’m going through the effort to get tortured, I want to remember it. This is like all downsides

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#19300

i’m going to be honest professor coine is really bad at bedside manner

#19301

well they’re clearly not torturing me for information. they must just like torture

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#19302

you won’t even be able to enjoy being tortured if you are a different person

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#19303

its no different than grabbing a rando on the street

#19304

were you nuclear rehab or am i getting confused

#19305

Goddamnit yeah the average person dislikes torture

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#19306

“I am going to kill you and replace you with someone else living in the same body. is that reassuring?”

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