Her “development” was rather unique, in that the whole alien planet was “inert”, and her own seems to have been the only mind exerting an influence on the Black Star matter, up to the point the portal opened and the apparently telepathic thing felt other fragments, or maybe just expectations that it should be tentacly.
“no effect on observers”, heh? What of the opposite? Sure feels like observer bias could be taken to new heights here. I feel that some experiments should be performed specifically with observers who have strong expectations of what should happen (e.g. fabricated “footage of previous results” – “and now, Mr Intern, please press the “grow into a petunia” button”). No idea how to isolate it from ambient thought, though, aside from using the gate again
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Diluted. Like the water Julia drank.
Her “development” was rather unique, in that the whole alien planet was “inert”, and her own seems to have been the only mind exerting an influence on the Black Star matter, up to the point the portal opened and the apparently telepathic thing felt other fragments, or maybe just expectations that it should be tentacly.
“no effect on observers”, heh? What of the opposite? Sure feels like observer bias could be taken to new heights here. I feel that some experiments should be performed specifically with observers who have strong expectations of what should happen (e.g. fabricated “footage of previous results” – “and now, Mr Intern, please press the “grow into a petunia” button”). No idea how to isolate it from ambient thought, though, aside from using the gate again