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Iustin Pop's avatar

I don't know if this is a long quote from some book (or movie), or simply a commentary on what one sees today in public - mainly phone zombies. But if the latter, I'm not sure about an hour. I think a single notification suffices in most cases.

lcamtuf's avatar

Sorry, it's mostly a bit of a philosophy joke. There's a somewhat serious concept of "philosophical zombies", or p-zombies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie

The philosophical question is this: if some people are not conscious, and are merely automatons that mimic the behaviors of a conscious person, would we be able to tell? And if not, how can be sure that consciousness exists, etc.

So this is basically a crossover of that idea with a standard bitey-zombie flick.

Iustin Pop's avatar

Ah, we inhabit different spheres of the internet. You're just asking how do we know if someone is an NPC vs a PC, that's all, got it :)

lcamtuf's avatar

I mean, pretty much the same idea.