We've all heard the idea that there exists two selves, the self that exists in your own mind, and the self that exists inside the perceptions of others.
Intentionally created 'tulpa' must be similar to the emulations of so many people I've closely interacted. The ones that exist lurking in my subconscious mind. Instantiated via my intuitions of how they'd respond to a question, or wondering what gifts they would appreciate.
How about in dream characters. Is it wrong to murder dream characters, and should we strive to lengthen dream time to give them all a lo...
The Operation Bernhard example seems particularly weak to me, thinking for 30 seconds you can come up with practical solutions for this situation even if you imagine Nazi Germany having perfect competency in pulling off their scheme.
For example, using tax records and bank records to roll back peoples fortunes a couple of years and then introducing a much more secure bank note. It's not like WW2 was an era of fiscal conservatism, war powers were leveraged heavily by the federal reserve in the united states to do whatever they wanted with currency. We ... (read more)