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[sledgecallier]

Actually, the use of Photographic images is not unique to the Conivia website as the PCBC website uses photography as well. As has been suggested perhaps this is just the more professional approach that is expected in big businesses?

[Leeravitz]

I hate to mention my own work (again), but my famous rejected Sentinel article 'What Price Utopia?' made a fair bit of fuss about how a society that espouses intellectualism at all costs probably ended up creating serious social problems as a result. You may be able to find it somewhere by searching, if you're interested in seeing what I said.

By inclination, I'm an intellectual, romantic idealist...but that doesn't mean that I can't recognise the downside to having attitudes like that

[DM]

My instinct has a habit of being wrong (My theory of the Sleeping Princess being the past 'human life' of Melissa the AI from ILB was made long before end-game) and I have this feeling about Cognivia that a lot of others seem to share. They just don't seem... right, somehow. I can't put my finger on it, but it's there.

I could say the same for Sente. He is giving us very little details on what exactly happened the night the cube was stolen, and I am sure if he did we would find out sooner rather than later who was behind the theft. And the whole cards deal to get the key to who was behind it... how does he know enough to give clues on cards, but not to give us a solid story as to what happened?

Back on track, though, Cognivia just seems very... wrong.

EDIT: Wait, I just remembered, Cognivia had recently gained a 51% stake in Agilon AI. Artificial Intelligence? What does a drug company want with 51% of an AI company?

EDIT2: I got curious and sent an e-mail to Cognivia. I got a response almost immediately. Interesting...

[cassandra]

Cool Though, not to sound snarky, but synesthesia has actually already been mentioned earlier in this thread. Also, the response from Cognivia is for one of the puzzle card solves ( Sharp Red, Ceretin side effects), in case anyone would like to join in that discussion

[dopefiend]

Just having a look at the news and stumbled across this on the bbc news website!

Apparently

[Leeravitz]

They mentioned this research in The Independent this morning. However, I automatically distrust any story that incorporates something as vague as 'Scientists predict in 20 years time, we will all...' [fill in here]. True, what with Modafinil, SSRI's and so on, already being manufactured and distributed within our society, it might only be a matter of time. But, in 1970, people were confidently predicting that, in 20 years, we'd be living in underwater habitats, space colonies, and/or a New Ice Age. So, pinch of salt time, methinks.

[tanner]

scientists/engineers are also correct a lot of the time -- which is more than can be said for politicians

and artists just cant be bothered

[appleTRON]

I know we're generally in agreement that Perplex City is an ARG for the sake of the ARG ... but how ominous and creepy would it be to find out that a RL cognitive-enhancing pharmaceutical company was behind this whole guerilla marketing campaign to sell neuro-enhancing drugs to people who need to be smarter to play freaking puzzle cards?

[number9dream]

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[Night565]

Wild Spec!!!

[drizjr]

Just something to tuck away to the back of the mind....