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Old 03-02-2017, 04:27 AM   #38
Anthony
 
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Default Re: Parahumans: What types do you think the canon needs, what type would you like to

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
Appearance works to a level that's measurable in game mechanics, but we don't class beautiful people (whether naturally or artificially) as walking psychoactive brain hacks.
True, but we often distinguish between obvious and subtle means of persuasion, and are more tolerant of the obvious.
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I specifically brought up examples that are effective, but only against a minority of people.
Most such examples are net neutral, because they also cause bad reactions from other people. On the other hand, regulations on things like restaurants emitting food scents (which do have identifiable persuasive effects) do exist.
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Anyway, sedition is a specific kind of meme that is illegal to spread regardless of your skill level and regardless of whether it uses text, audiospeech or whatever, so it's not very applicable.
True. A better example might be memetic techniques that are regulated or forbidden, such as threats, lies, omission of key information, and bribery.
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