Re:Ask HN: Does Hacker News hate the idea of super determinism?
by qq4 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:55PM
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I have long attributed déja vu to a peculiar looping phenomenon in the mind. It's hard to describe. I don't have any real facts to base it on, just that when I experience it I often "skip down" a few more levels and revisit earlier times I had déja vu. It feels like recursion of neural pathways or something. It does make me feel strange, but I try to enjoy the ride when it happens.
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Re:Ask HN: Does Hacker News hate the idea of super determinism?
by leafygreene on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:09PM
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It's that I can see the future for a few seconds that bothers me most. Not the “I've been here before” but the “I've been here before and I know what happens next” and that exact thing happens. It's that few seconds of clairvoyance I find superitchy.
I'm fairly rational, however. I'm sure there's an explanation that's not magical.
Re:Ask HN: Does Hacker News hate the idea of super determinism?
by qq4 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @02:00PM
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I've never felt a sensation of peering into the future. I can see it as a possibility depending on which end of the phenomenon you're processing first, the actual event or the repeated signal.