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• Dirk Bruere commented on Ia, Ia, Google Fthagn
  Just because something does not exist does not mean it won't in future...
• JamesPadraicR commented on Ia, Ia, Google Fthagn
  Certainly, but I think you've missed* something: follow the 'replied to' links. *entirely possible I have too, but so it goes....
• Dirk Bruere commented on Ia, Ia, Google Fthagn
  I got all the references. I have read almost all of his books, including the boring ones like "The Business"....
• Damian the surprised commented on Ia, Ia, Google Fthagn
  Well the first was on topic (I think Catina even quoted from it earlier), and the second I definitely recall contains some significant speculation along the "what if it's all a sim" lines. I suppose there is also much talk of Infinite Fun Space in the last book, but you can't really pun that....
• Antistone commented on Ia, Ia, Google Fthagn
  It's not obvious to me that dreams need much of an explanation. The brain can't function properly during a maintenance cycle, so you let it function improperly (after disconnecting the usual output channels so it can't cause much damage), and you get something that vaguely resembles normal examination of hypothetical scenarios (planning/day-dreaming), except with lots of random perturbations. Since that taints the results, you normally throw them away afterward (people tend to forget their dreams). Lucid dreaming, incoherent dreaming, and dreamless sleep might simply be different points on a spectrum of how much of your brain is currently operating normally...