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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by Gh0stRAT on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:23AM (#33340421)
The experiment you describe reminds me of a short story "What's expected of us" by my favorite author Ted Chiang. [0]

I won't spoil it too much because it's a fun short read, but it revolves around these little toys called "Predictors" which have a light that turns on exactly 1 second BEFORE you push the button. (no matter what you do to try to game it)

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a

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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by MandieD on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:44AM (#33340545)
Oh, he’s also the author of one of my favorite short stories, “The Great Silence”[0]

Ironically, the endangered species[1] the narrator belongs to has managed to outlive the giant human object discussed, but it’s still at high risk of being wiped out in the wild the next time a hurricane hits Puerto Rico.

[0] https://nautil.us/the-great-silence-237510/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_amazon

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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by fredoliveira on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @06:07AM (#33341708)
The Great Silence is my personal favorite short story. It is absolutely beautiful (and sad too, in a way).
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