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(This is a really stupid question) How do you know that you are not stuck in a time loop unable to wake up? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Food for thought.

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[–] 19 points 7 months ago (11 children)

I think this obviously implies that your brain is getting reset each loop, in which case you wouldn't be aware of anything repeating.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Are you implying I'm not the hero that realizes it and breaks us all out? How dare you!

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Being "The One" is like being in love. No one can tell you you're in love, you just know it, balls to bones.

    This is where I say "Hmmm that's interesting.

    That's when you say...

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    But if your brain is getting reset, then really your reality is, so its not so much of a loop as infinite new realities.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    but what if you're actually a slave? forced to work each day anew, with no memory of the previous day. i wouldn't call that "your infinite new realities" because those realities aren't really yours, as they don't provide you a place for you at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I don't understand this part:

    those realities aren’t really yours, as they don’t provide you a place for you at all.

    My point is, if I go to sleep tonight and time loops back around to this morning, and I don't remember any of today, then did today really happen? It didn't "happen" in any meaningful way.

    It doesn't matter whether I entertained a dozen nubile virgins or toiled as a slave.

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