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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by jen729w on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:06PM (#44011742)
> Try to think of an object that doesn't exist, and isn't based on anything you've ever seen before, a completely new object with no basis in our reality. It's impossible.

Pick up an Iain M. Banks book, my friend.

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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by fennecbutt on Sunday May 18, 2025 @10:00PM (#44025928)
I have read plenty of his work. If you like his stuff I would recommend the quantum thief trilogy, and the void trilogy. I find many people haven't read them and they're great scifi.
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