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I've been wondering lately what would happen if I read two books that contradicted each other, without activating them. Such as a dictionary with all the opposite meanings of words. Would I go insane maybe after a spontaneous activation? It'd be comical if I started noticing I used the word no with the meaning of yes.






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Well, how does your conscious mind handle contradiction?

Why would you think it would be handled differently?






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It's somewhat like the relationship between matter and anti-matter. Like that, your brain will explode. Since anti-matter the size of a rasin can create the energy of a shuttle launch, and the size of your brain is the equivalent of several hundred rasins, the force of the explosion could level several major cities.

No, seriously, your mind will handle it the way it normally handles conflicting values. It'll either go with the one that sounds the most feasible or possibly include them both as meanings.







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