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by mensetmanusman 1537 days ago
The plane of imagination isn’t physical, else you could touch it.
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I don't know what a plane is in this context.

You can't touch fourier transforms either, but a human brain or a microchip can compute them.

Sure you can, its done currently for Deep Brain Stimulation. What you're proposing is "The plane of Quake isn't physical", which is nonsense.

I can make the computer imagine Quake for me, then fiddle with its plane of imagination for some sweet wallhacks.

If you create a device that can insert objects into the plane of someone’s imagination, that would be awesome :)
That's a side effect of DBI today. It's a random and crude method today, but arguing that we we'll hit some ineffable wall that will prevent more fine-grained control is.. well let's just say that the gaps for gods grow ever smaller.