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Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.
Posted By: PhiltronDate: 12/11/15 3:08 p.m.

In Response To: PiD's artifacts are weird. (General-RADIX)

: Why would the W'rkncacnter
: dream of, and thus inadvertently give Austin (the Sergeant), the only
: means to kill some of its own constructs?

: I don't think the W'rk would dream of anything that would put it at a
: disadvantage (assuming its control over its dreams is that precise)

It wouldn't make sense for the W'rk to dream up things that disadvantage itself or its monsters, but only if it thought like a human being. But keep in mind that it is a god being from the beginning of time.

The W'rk may have a more fundamental and fatalistic view of the universe than humans. That is: All things come to an end, so if a thing exists, then the means to un-exist it must also exist; there is nothing that can exist forever (except for maybe the W'rk itself). Same with sleeping. If the W'rk can wake up then by the logic of reality then there must be a thing that exists that stops it from waking up.

In the W'rk's mind these objects have to exist by the intrinsic laws of reality and therefore It can't avoid dreaming/thinking them into existence. It may be that the W'rk has no real imagination so it simply can't imagine a universe different than the one it perceives, and so it can't imagine a universe that doesn't include things that can kill it's monsters and send it back into slumber.

Not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I really like this theory.

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PiD's artifacts are weird.General-RADIX 12/10/15 2:19 p.m.
     Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Lion O Cyborg 12/11/15 1:08 a.m.
           Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Lion O Cyborg 12/11/15 1:13 a.m.
     Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.VikingBoyBilly 12/11/15 4:36 a.m.
           Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.General-RADIX 12/11/15 8:55 a.m.
                 Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Lion O Cyborg 12/12/15 1:24 a.m.
                       Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.VikingBoyBilly 12/14/15 4:17 a.m.
                             Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Lion O Cyborg 12/14/15 7:28 a.m.
                                   Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.VikingBoyBilly 12/14/15 1:46 p.m.
                                         Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Bob-B-Q 12/15/15 8:08 a.m.
                 Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Can-ned Food 6/28/16 11:26 a.m.
     Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Tacticus 12/11/15 9:30 a.m.
           Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.General-RADIX 12/11/15 9:51 a.m.
     Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Philtron 12/11/15 3:08 p.m.
           Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.General-RADIX 12/11/15 3:39 p.m.
     Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Hopper 12/11/15 9:45 p.m.
           Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.General-RADIX 12/11/15 11:12 p.m.
                 Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Lion O Cyborg 12/12/15 1:27 a.m.
                       Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.Godot 12/12/15 4:52 a.m.
                             Re: PiD's artifacts are weird.VikingBoyBilly 12/12/15 12:53 p.m.
     PiD and the Jjarro ConspiracyCan-ned Food 6/28/16 11:13 a.m.

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