• Narrrz
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    31 year ago

    damn, this thing is still around 😆 this was my first webcomic, probably more than two decades ago

    • wanderingmagusOPM
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      31 year ago

      It’s honestly amazing it’s gone on this long and improved over time. I’ve seen many crash and burn after much shorter time frames. Hopefully Dan Shive can continue it far into the future!

        • wanderingmagusOPM
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          11 year ago

          Same, and the whole deal with the Uryuom infiltrators, a real meeting with post-reincarnation Pandora, the Other Half, the deal with Magus…

  • wanderingmagusOPM
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    21 year ago

    It certainly sounds extremely similar to quantum superposition that only solidifies when directly observed. But then, neither I, nor Dan, nor most readers I’d assume, are quantum physicists, so make of that what you will.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Another possibility is this. Magic has a mind. Is it possible other things have minds? Is it possible that inanimate objects have minds? Or perhaps there is a single mind that either is fooled by the projection, or perhaps is kind enough to respect the projection. Kind of like letting people pick their own pronouns.

      Ever heard of “constitutive panpsychism”? Basically, the idea is that consciousness doesn’t merely “arise” from certain configurations of matter (brains), but rather is an inherent property of matter. Every particle has a teeny tiny rudimentary form of consciousness. Perhaps this is the “mind” being “fooled” by the projection when her “real” body passes through inanimate matter.

      • wanderingmagusOPM
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        11 year ago

        Kind of like the concept of kami in Shinto? Where every blade of grass, river, pebble and tree has a kami?

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Animism is ancient and everywhere, but some are starting to take it seriously as a plausible alternative to the “gestalt” concept.

          • wanderingmagusOPM
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            11 year ago

            why not both? Meme

            In Dan’s world, could be both at the same time.