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Santa/ Aoi Kurashiki ([personal profile] 21stcenturyguy) wrote in [community profile] elnysa2017-08-07 10:00 pm

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Hey. This isn't one of those 'let's all get to know each other and be best friends' posts. I wanna know what you guys know about telepathy.

[Aoi holds a picture up to the camera. 'Picture' is probably a generous description.]



First, anyone know what this picture is?

Snake, before you even start, I fuckin' KNOW you can't see it, so I'm not asking you.

Don't cheat, just tell me what you think it's supposed to be.

If you're not into pictures, tell me about Archetypes from your world. There was a psychologist on Earth who noticed the same ideas pop up in various cultures that had no contact with one another. I want to see if that collective unconscious spans worlds too. So, I dunno, talk to each other about the legends and fairy tales and holidays and shit from your worlds and lemme know what common threads you find

The Follow-Up Video


[A couple of days later, when it seems like the majority of the people who are gonna weigh in have done so, Aoi makes a follow-up post.]

Alright, I know you all think I was tryin' to psychoanalyze you with the picture I showed you the other day, but trust me, you guys aren't that interesting. There's a right answer to the picture. I'll show you.

[He holds up the original picture and the solution to the screen.]

Some crackpot psychologist did an experiment to test the transference of knowledge through unseen means. He showed a picture like this to a population of people, and the distribution of answers was pretty random, same as you guys'. Then he broadcast the answer to that population. When he went to a to a remote location that had no contact with anyone from Population A. When he showed the same picture, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of people who knew the answer.

Even though nobody had consciously shared the information, because more people knew it, the answer was somehow transmitted. So that's the theory of Morphic Resonance.
agradecido: (I had a cane and a party hat)

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[personal profile] agradecido 2017-08-08 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Give him a minute to squint at this weird thing.]

...Two lovers embracing passionately in a moonlit garden.

[That Is not correct at all, but you can probably see where his mind is headed. --Oh yeah, the other half of the post...]

As to telepathy, spirits and demons can read minds--it's how they talk to people in the Fade. It's also how they find victims there.

[In other words, not something ordinary people can do.]
Edited 2017-08-08 03:26 (UTC)
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (side eying you so hard rn)

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[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-08-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, fine. He'll play along. This reminds him a little too much of the strange duel Ruka had with the Profiler, but...the most Aoi can do is be annoying, right? Right. Besides, it's not like he can actually perform telepathy.]

It looks like a Duel Monster I've seen Security use multiple times back home. Not pleasant memories, that.
knitpick: (pic#11507446)

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[personal profile] knitpick 2017-08-08 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I could tell you what the picture is, but I fear that could ruin your experiment for anyone that happens to glance at my response.
I wouldn't call it "cheating" necessarily, but I've seen it before and already know the answer.
You're not the only one who's dabbled in psychology.
Though this teeters on the precipice of pseudoscience with all your telepathy talk.
Still, I'm hardly one to spoil a psychological experiment for anyone.
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zephrah: (there's advantages to each)

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[personal profile] zephrah 2017-08-08 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...SQUINTS. ]

Bats?
rampager: (hope I don't get entombed in a crystal)

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[personal profile] rampager 2017-08-08 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[What the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about, my dude.]

An armored figure standing on a beach.

[Because talking about his own culture in that level of detail means I have to make shit up means more painful reminders than he feels like dealing with right now.]
planetary_bonds: (Deep in thought)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-08-08 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
A monster used in duels.

[Yusei may or may not be acting intentionally vague. He probably is, though.]

The one I'm thinking of in particular is Assault Gundog. It's pretty much a police dog in riot armor and armed with a machine gun turret.

[See? Perfect match.]

Not a particularly strong monster, mind, but it has a good deck milling effect and can help set up for a stronger summon...and it's definitely thematically appropriate for them, I admit.
witchhooded: (your bones)

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[personal profile] witchhooded 2017-08-08 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
hmmmm......
looks like a face carved into the bark of a pretty willow tree!!!!! :)

i dont really know what kind of legends you mean
but of telepathy, well!
i think you should play carefully with that
agradecido: (Raise hell and turn it up)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-08-08 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Have you no sense of romance, Ser Keys? Fine then. [Another squint.]

...A dragon's muzzle, poised to strike, and in the right corner, a scowling man or mask.
witchhooded: (shake it out)

[personal profile] witchhooded 2017-08-08 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
ummmm really?????
how so
if you do not mind me asking, that is!

i thought these things were supposed to tell you about the person who is answering
there is a definite answer??? :o
punshots: (✘ sierra.)

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[personal profile] punshots 2017-08-08 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hang on, is this one of those magic-eye pictures where you're supposed to cross your eyes and count to five?

[ Give him a moment to squint at the picture again... ]

A-anyway, it's a...Dalmatian up close?

[ Nailed it. ]
coolerjunpei: (only 5 months til that keyword changes)

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[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-08-08 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously? Do you have a folder of these saved?

[He has no goddamn idea what that is, he didn't improve this skill in the past year.]
rampager: (some traps failed to enrage any nerds)

[personal profile] rampager 2017-08-08 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[nani the fuck]

The image I saw was that of a warrior, is what I meant. [Are you going to be the new Merk in his life, Aoi. Are we really going to go down this road.] I don't see what loneliness or elf-men have to do with it.
agradecido: (I was the king of this hologram)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-08-08 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure I'm that adventurous, thanks. And, yes. [He wrinkles his nose.] They're not exactly my favorite things.
winddaughter: (every step that I take)

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[personal profile] winddaughter 2017-08-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh look, you're still alive. [She sounds amused.] I think it's supposed to be a dog. A pug, sitting up. And just... stuff around it.
planetary_bonds: (a controlled anger)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-08-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, yes, and yes.]

I am.

[He looks dead fucking serious, dude. That expression hasn't changed at all.]
knitpick: (Default)

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[personal profile] knitpick 2017-08-08 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps you do understand me after all.
Still, it's hard to say what to believe about what's possible in other worlds.
Maybe you do know something and telepathy is a legitimate explanation for these phenomena, at least where you come from.
Or maybe you're just a particularly gullible asshole who's read one too many conspiracy articles online.
Who can say without further evidence?

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