Ah, but if he adapted, and the abuse stopped, then he would end up with a longer cycle. I think that’s the idea, anyway.
I seriously doubt that’s actually what happened though; not EY’s style, somehow.
Well, covering up child abuse with a Timeturner seems like Eliezer ‘you know what’s a good abuse of Obliviation? covering up rape’ Yudkowsky’s style; it’s just the adaptation that is extremely implausible since sleep cycles don’t work that way.
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Ah, but if he adapted, and the abuse stopped, then he would end up with a longer cycle. I think that’s the idea, anyway.
I seriously doubt that’s actually what happened though; not EY’s style, somehow.
Well, covering up child abuse with a Timeturner seems like Eliezer ‘you know what’s a good abuse of Obliviation? covering up rape’ Yudkowsky’s style; it’s just the adaptation that is extremely implausible since sleep cycles don’t work that way.