08-25-2013, 04:30 PM | #21 | |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
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If you can get a deep brainscan, you get to know the personality by other means before that. Unless you're doing something illegal, of course. |
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08-25-2013, 05:21 PM | #22 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
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08-25-2013, 05:57 PM | #23 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
Xoxnapping? (Of the Shadow sort.)
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08-25-2013, 06:41 PM | #24 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
Okay... Yeah...
But, what other means do you have to get to know the personality of someone before deep brainscanning? And, is it not something Xoxnappers could do? Or, um... I still think my head may have just slipped under water... |
08-28-2013, 01:44 PM | #25 | |
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Yes, you can do an Eidolon from Research alone, but you're more likely to miss something less obvious if you're doing it discretely. |
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08-28-2013, 01:48 PM | #26 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
Sure you are. How are you going to find out if they're worth the effort without getting to know them first? Okay, you might not know them personally, but you certainly know quite a lot about them, and there's a fair chance you used social engineering at some point during the process.
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08-28-2013, 01:51 PM | #27 | |
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08-28-2013, 02:01 PM | #28 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
Unless you were doing investigative work to get to know them better, which you probably are because you need to know quite a lot about a person before it's all that practical to grab them without getting caught.
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08-28-2013, 02:10 PM | #29 |
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Re: Elephant in the room: Brain Tissue Graft (real or virtual!)
I suspect the sort of info that is useful for a kidnapping (e.g. movement schedule; security measures) is not the same sort of info that is useful for replicating a personality (e.g. stuff only done in secure, private areas; pillow and other private talk). Of course, black market buyers might not know much/anything about it either.
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08-28-2013, 02:21 PM | #30 | |
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