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The Movie Virus
The feeling of control is a unique feeling in that it usually entails a physical connection to a mental state. Our minds depend on control to function because control is dependent on prediction (see On Intelligence). Take a movie for example. The first time we see a movie we do not have control because we (hopefully) can’t predict what will be next in the subsequent scenes. Once we have watched a movie, however, we gain a sense of control over the movie, but lose the novelty.
What if a DVD movie had a “virus” that would alter scenes, lines, or even actors in the movie every time we watched it? The film could be set up in layers that each contain tiny variations of the scenes. The layers would slowly form holes or views into the layers below, allowing the film to be distorted and scenes to morph from scenario to scenario. The virus could shatter everything we ever knew about movie control.
