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Old 06-14-2012, 09:57 PM   #29
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Default Re: Golden Cages and Succession

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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2 View Post
It's also going to create even worse psychological problems than the original Ottoman approach. You're likely to end up with princes who have some serious issues with telling 'dream' from 'reality', whether the hallucinations are generated by magic or tech.

(There will also be an incentive to gain the ability to 'influence' the VR settings...)
Well, the effects depend on how good the simulation is. It might effectively be another reality, perhaps with a limited number of live participants, where the only psychological issues are the switch between the two worlds.

on influencing the princes dream.... I would hope that the "wizards created by then works that cannot be duplicated today" paradigm holds in this case.
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