Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by bqmjjx0kac on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @09:50AM
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That's a superpower! You can be as risky as you want if you know the fixed date of your death.
Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by adrianN on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @09:59AM
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How you react to knowing the date of your death influences the date of your death in the universe where you learn the date.
Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by Dudeman112 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:00PM
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The mechanism behind it should be able to calculate the new date in advance though
It's already taking into account billions of variables (if the date is sufficiently far away), billions + 1 should be easy
Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by moe091 on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:56PM
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Then the date would have to be re-calculated because knowing this new date could cause the date to change in a different way, requiring another recalculation, etc. I guess it really depends in practice, might only be a few loops before it gets stuck on one date, could see it being an infinite loop though
Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by bombcar on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:18AM
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Now I'm imagining a tablet that continually updates with the date and time of your death. Could be an interesting short story.
Re:The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
by corrral on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:33PM
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Rick and Morty did something similar in the episode "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat". Morty got ahold of a crystal that showed him what his final moments would look like, and the vision updated as his actions changed his future.
If the letter told me the exact date and time of my own death, I might go crazy, though.