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JauntyHatAngletoday at 7:50 AM1 replyview on HN

The bit that lost me quite early in the piece was

>"A side effect. You're asking me to believe in sentient weights."

Huh? Did I miss that logical jump? Genuine question, maybe I'm not clueing into something here.


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layer8today at 9:41 AM

I noticed that jump too, but I also don’t think the interlocutor is supposed to be 100% logical and rational. The aliens in the original weren’t either.