Well, in theory, anyone could execute my Metanoia, but it takes a lot of training and some natural ability to pull it off. You have to be good at denial— it helps a lot if you're naturally skeptical to begin with.
[Which she is]
Part of it's function is deliberately letting go of the fact that the effect isn't, strictly speaking, "real". If your denial structures fail, then the whole thing falls apart. But aside from that— you can't be completely sure it's accurate.
It's based in the idea of memory; I mean, when was the last time you experienced something totally objectively? Everything you see and do is filtered through the lens of your physical body, and your own experience of the world, as well as the instincts and pre-conditioning that came before you were fully aware. Does that mean you can't know other people, or is it more that what you know of people is also a version of their true selves?
Sometimes the memory is the self. Or that's the theory it was based on. I originally designed it for my siblings... they died, when we were very young.
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[Which she is]
Part of it's function is deliberately letting go of the fact that the effect isn't, strictly speaking, "real". If your denial structures fail, then the whole thing falls apart. But aside from that— you can't be completely sure it's accurate.
It's based in the idea of memory; I mean, when was the last time you experienced something totally objectively? Everything you see and do is filtered through the lens of your physical body, and your own experience of the world, as well as the instincts and pre-conditioning that came before you were fully aware. Does that mean you can't know other people, or is it more that what you know of people is also a version of their true selves?
Sometimes the memory is the self. Or that's the theory it was based on. I originally designed it for my siblings... they died, when we were very young.