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{{quote|''Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality?''|The Avatar ([[Avatar: The Last Airbender|no, not that one]]) ([[Ultima|that one either]]) ([[Oban Star Racers|or that one]]) ([[Avatar (film)|nor that one]]) ([[Warhammer
Scott Adams, creator of [[Dilbert]], presents a "thought experiment". A delivery man brings a package to a crazy old guy. They talk. Then the delivery man becomes an identical crazy old guy. Your mission, according to the introduction, is to find the flaw(s) in the crazy guy's arguments.
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* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The Avatar's philosophy resembles [[Mind Screw|a theory presented]] in the final chapters of ''[[Dilbert|The Dilbert Future]]'' and its [[Updated Rerelease]]. Oddly, there the philosophy is presented as a [[Take That]] to the misapplication of [[Occam's Razor]], possibly.
* [[Subliminal Advertising]]: The book supposedly contains hypnotic messages.
** The arguments THEMSELVES use the principles of hypnosis to make them seem reasonable. It's the source of half of the [[Mind Screw]].
* [[Title Drop]]: See the [[Have You Seen My God?]] reference.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] : God blows itself up because it has already figured out everything it can figure without ending its own existence.
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