conversation with the brain
Oct. 29th, 2008 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swan_towerConscious Mind: <singing> Revise, revise, revise the book . . . .
Subconscious: Oooh!
Conscious Mind: Yes?
Subsconscious: This is what the book's about!
CM: Yes, we know that.
SC: Nononono. I mean, yes, but think about this.
CM: I did. Months ago. And that's about as far as I got.
SC: Get ready to go farther. What if [spoiler]'s motivation was Y, not X?
CM: !!!
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: OMG. That works. So well. And it fits with the --
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: Not sure where to first bring it up, but we can totally work that here, and all through this bit, and --
SC: <preens>
CM: . . .
SC: What?
CM: Except that we resolved that conflict based on the assumption of Motivation X. Just how is this supposed to work out if it's Y instead?
SC: . . .
CM: C'mon. You got me started down this road; you finish it.
SC: <ninja vanish>
CM: I hate it when she does that.
Subconscious: Oooh!
Conscious Mind: Yes?
Subsconscious: This is what the book's about!
CM: Yes, we know that.
SC: Nononono. I mean, yes, but think about this.
CM: I did. Months ago. And that's about as far as I got.
SC: Get ready to go farther. What if [spoiler]'s motivation was Y, not X?
CM: !!!
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: OMG. That works. So well. And it fits with the --
SC: Uh-huh.
CM: Not sure where to first bring it up, but we can totally work that here, and all through this bit, and --
SC: <preens>
CM: . . .
SC: What?
CM: Except that we resolved that conflict based on the assumption of Motivation X. Just how is this supposed to work out if it's Y instead?
SC: . . .
CM: C'mon. You got me started down this road; you finish it.
SC: <ninja vanish>
CM: I hate it when she does that.
