Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3

[Shannon]

Perhaps it is. The subconscious certainly is adept at twisting things to suit its desires. I think 3.3 will be a big step forward for you and everyone else, even if I did include the AS module. At this point, I have to point out to you that the AS is designed to be very specific, and I think you are somewhat misunderstanding it.

Without giving away trade secrets, it sounds to me like you consciously believe the AS does X, when it actually does Y. It has a series of things that it specifies and then you subconsciously assess how much trouble would result from allowing her to be sniped. Then it reverses the sniper to that degree.

However, I currently am of the opinion that this is a potential area of abuse and escape for the subconscious, so as I said, unless the models direct me to include it, I am going to leave it out. We can worry about making it work in another version if that happens.

I did have a question about this and I will understand if you don't particularly have the answer for this. It was just something I was wondering about. How does the concept of time have to do with the AS? I ask this because I remember you said that different levels of the subconscious perceive time differently and some don't perceive time at all. So lets say your subconscious sees a girl then , based on the perception of time based on the layer of subconscious involved, it determines she will do something 2 or 4 that is really crazy and will make you really unhappy. Will it then activate the AS to disqualify her based on that one incident 2-4 years from now? Is there wording in the script that says it has to be behavior that "consistently" makes you unhappy?

Also, Even if it is consistent crazy behavior that makes you unhappy lets say she is ok the first 5 years of knowing her but then after the 5th year something happens that she in response starts acting crazy for like the next 2 years afterwards. Will the subconscious see that, based on its perception or non-perception of time, and disqualify the woman based on that? Either way I will go with what the models say is the best course of action. Just wanted to know if in this type of scenario the subconscious might rightly ( or wrongly, in the case of doing it because it wants to find a reason to refuse to execute) activate the AS. I think it might be a plausible question to ask since I have seen this happen where the women in question seems alright for the first couple of years but then later she "goes off the deep end" or gets depressed (death in the family, etc) for years which causes their partner to become incredibly unhappy due to the change in attitude, demeanor, etc.

I could be wrong or you might have already thought of this. Just thought I would ask or point out this type of scenario if it hasn't been thought about in case the AS does make it in this version. Either way, like I said I will fully supporting whatever the models say is the best.

Every moment, you have almost unlimited options for what you can do. Every moment spawns another set of these options. The most likely are probability lines, and the less likely are possibility lines. Even if we ignore possibility lines, we are left with a rapidly diffusing set of probabilities that are most likely to happen, and after a period of time the only thing that becomes significantly discernible is things which are going to be experienced regardless of what you do or do not do.

The questions you ask had occurred to me, and the result is that I have concluded that the AS is not complex or specific enough to accurately and consistently handle all of this yet. So as I stated before, unless the models tell me that it is better to have it in place, I will be leaving the AS out. And if I do have the AS in place, I will need to make it considerably more specific before I release it.