Re: Talk to the characters.
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:35 pm
oh. the way they solved it worked pretty well.
I think that kind of thing might still be safe if Linya arranges it, and asked questions they hadn't prediscussed. It's unlikely that they would think to ask all the things.
I guess if I wasn't sure about my girlfriend or if she weren't sure of me, we could start talking mental math. I doubt a clone of either of us would have specialised in the exact same ways. We both have a reasonable idea of what sorts of math problems we can do but people outside the relationship are less likely to know. She could also test my ability to memorise long strings -- that's not innate but acquired in adulthood through personal interest and a clone of me who had a different life would have made different life choices. we also have private rituals that we do together where she says her part and I say my part and there is slight variation, but it's long and we'd both notice if the other wasn't feeling it. or we could have a conversation about our areas of interest -- a technical conversation requiring knowledge that can't be faked.
but even if i were asked under fast penta "how best can i impersonate you to your partner" and I told them all the stuff they need to memorise. it would take them years to memorise all of it.
I think that kind of thing might still be safe if Linya arranges it, and asked questions they hadn't prediscussed. It's unlikely that they would think to ask all the things.
I guess if I wasn't sure about my girlfriend or if she weren't sure of me, we could start talking mental math. I doubt a clone of either of us would have specialised in the exact same ways. We both have a reasonable idea of what sorts of math problems we can do but people outside the relationship are less likely to know. She could also test my ability to memorise long strings -- that's not innate but acquired in adulthood through personal interest and a clone of me who had a different life would have made different life choices. we also have private rituals that we do together where she says her part and I say my part and there is slight variation, but it's long and we'd both notice if the other wasn't feeling it. or we could have a conversation about our areas of interest -- a technical conversation requiring knowledge that can't be faked.
but even if i were asked under fast penta "how best can i impersonate you to your partner" and I told them all the stuff they need to memorise. it would take them years to memorise all of it.