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The Functionality of the Black Iron Prison
Cramulus:
In this metaphor, the black iron prison is an external force--like a higher power--which resists human decisions?
Do all decisions meet resistance? If not, what is the difference between them?
What does this mean for us decision makers?
Doktor Howl:
--- Quote from: Reverend Elvis Pope Pelvis on January 07, 2020, 01:41:30 pm ---
But consider for a moment, that we live in a kind of Twilight Zone, where each one of us moving through those strands is a free-willed person. Everything is fine and dandy as long as our decisions go along with the route. But the moment we start trying to think outside the box, so to speak, we're going to be met with failure and massive amounts of almost inexplicable resistance from the world around us, because no matter how hard we try, we can't deviate from the path of the strand.
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That's one explanation.
The other is that the gods are a pack of pricks who get upset when their model train jumps the tracks.
Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard:
The Black Iron Prison, in this idea, is a construct, perhaps with some semblance of a force that emanates from it.
Decisions that "go along with" the program don't meet resistance. You "feel" like you made the right choice.
If you suddenly try to actually stop and change things - which is rare, probably - then you're going to get literally any resistance possible. Try to tell another human being about this sort of thing in one of these moments, and they'll come up with some dumb line that makes almost no sense. They'll just say shit like "this makes me uncomfortable, goodbye" and they'll disengage. Completely. Because they're not real. They're just part of the program. And the program needs you to play along.
Hagtard Celine Dion Mustard:
--- Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 07, 2020, 02:58:00 pm ---The other is that the gods are a pack of pricks who get upset when their model train jumps the tracks.
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I actually don't disagree with this and I think it's basically the same idea, just a different way of putting it.
Doktor Howl:
--- Quote from: Reverend Elvis Pope Pelvis on January 07, 2020, 03:00:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 07, 2020, 02:58:00 pm ---The other is that the gods are a pack of pricks who get upset when their model train jumps the tracks.
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I actually don't disagree with this and I think it's basically the same idea, just a different way of putting it.
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I only prefer my model because I can't get revenge on an uncaring void. Getting revenge on a few supernatural arse biscuits might be possible.
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