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Don't get too excited about switching, though, it's pretty rare

oh golly

5:22 PM

switching? that seems... super werid

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but IDK

5:22 PM

it seems kinda fun... maybe

I feel like you're having about the same reaction I had when I learned about all this at first. "You can do that?!?"

can you have multiple tulpas? what is your number of tulpas recordist?

The best I can do is relax my desires and have Melody overlay my actions with her own intentions.

The fewer tulpas the better

Two is the safest number. :L

Unlimited in theory, some out there claim to have cities in their head.

One is the safest number. Two is a good maximum

I agree with indigo through, stay grounded

yeah

None is the safest, honestly.

...why?

But if you want a tulpa, give it a try.

5:24 PM

Well, a tulpa can be distracting for some people.

It's absolutely a risk to make a tulpa

the safest thing is always to do nothing, after all.

5:25 PM

That doesn't mean it's the best thing.

Unless it's moving out of the way.

yeah

5:25 PM

but like

tulpas can help you, as well.

You can assign them to keep track of things for you.

5:26 PM

Unless they get angry and refuse to be helpful. :T

what

My rule of thumb is that tulpa can only do anything you can do on your own, but they make the process of learning a whole lot more fun

learning?

Let's imagine you ask your tulpa to remind you to brush your teeth

5:27 PM

You could just... Learn to remind yourself, no problem.

5:28 PM

But it's way cooler if you have a tulpa that reminds you instead

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That's my view on the whole thing, at least.

5:29 PM

I gotta go now, cya all later

cya

5:29 PM

but like

What?

I know that my brain has limited RAM for a reason

5:34 PM

it basically has like, finite resources and stuff (I'm barely passing biology this year, so bear with me)

Yes.

and I imagine that it operates kinda like a FAT f-system, except the FAT is actually in the RAM and not the "beginning of your brain", wherever that might be (edited)

5:37 PM

but like yo

5:38 PM

doesn't that mean that your ability to remember things that are more brain heavy (aka not just "brush your teeth") gets doubled too?

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unless your tulpa gets mad

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or something

No.

5:39 PM

Creating a tulpa isn't somehow "doubling the ability" of the brain. Sometimes if the tulpa is trying to access a memory, they may be able to do so easier than the host, but there isn't much consistent there.

oh

5:40 PM

yeah, but like

With regard to reminders, it is similar - the tulpa may have an easier time remembering some things relative to you due to differing priorities and perspective, but it certainly hasn't been demonstrated to be at a significantly larger degree than one is capable of doing on their own.

how does a tulpa even work though

5:41 PM

physically, i mean

5:41 PM

we have like, fucktons of free storage availible in our brain

5:42 PM

somewhat-independent cluster of neurons? I'm no biologist.

5:42 PM

it's just that whatever's holding the "memory allocation table" isn't big enough to allow us to access all of it

@Deleted User Not much of any research has worked on that, but I would suspect it isn't an entirely independent "cluster of neurons" simply because of the way most tulpas also can use the body. Beyond that, the fMRI study should hopefully shed some light on that question.

oh yeah! that's a thing that's happening

@Deleted User I'm not sure I would memories to such an extent.

IDK, I'm probably getting all of this wrong

5:44 PM

I'm fairly certain that the brain never really deletes memories, rather it just compresses them and stores them

5:44 PM

yeah

5:45 PM

which is why you can refresh your memory of something

Reason being - memories need to be encoded and stored when being made, then located and decoded when being retrieved - which simultaneously "rewrites" the memory to some extent. New memories can also interrupt existing memories.

by seeing something relevant

5:45 PM

so I wouldn't worry about space.

There can be failures anywhere through that chain - encoding and storing errors mean that they either aren't remembered or are significantly flawed at the outset.

If you think making a tulpa will 'use space' you still shouldn't be concerned because it just means the least important things will get compressed

5:45 PM

you don't lose anything

5:46 PM

that is if they even need space

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hmm

5:46 PM

interesting

But, yes, I wouldn't worry about space. At the very least, it also hasn't been demonstrated that having a tulpa somehow "doubles" access to this space, particularly due to there being multiple types of memory in the first place.

5:46 PM

For example, procedural and semantic memory - memory of "what" things are and "how" to do them.

I'd argue that too tbh

5:46 PM

I recall some people saying that a tulpa can be better at remembering some stuff than the host, but also worse

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but it can never actually expand on the capacity, merely uncompress some things better or worse. (edited)

5:47 PM

we probably don't have untapped RAM

5:49 PM

wait for the cyborg revolution

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:>

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yeah

5:49 PM

I'd honestly wait for that

5:49 PM

omg

5:49 PM

so you want to join the cyborg evolution waiting club

5:49 PM

step one get a better avatar (edited)

5:49 PM

tulpas are werid

5:50 PM

y'all weridos

5:52 PM

ya so cool though

5:52 PM

like shiiiiiiiiiiiit

Do you have anything else you would like to know about tulpas?

5:53 PM

Or the community, I suppose?

oh yeah

5:53 PM

I have a final question

5:53 PM

can tulpas go rogue? aka posses you for funsies/lulzies/evils for example?

5:54 PM

can you stop them?

Theoretically yes, but there haven't been any reliably documented cases of this - regarding "rogue" or "evil" tulpas. Certainly none that weren't a result of abusive behavior initially.

the first and the second or the third question?

5:56 PM

also, abusing behavior?

That was regard to "evil" tulpas. As for stopping them, simple - don't abuse them the first place. Essentially, be kind, respectful, and considerate of their situation.

5:58 PM

Perhaps try to "put yourself in their shoes", and see how you would prefer to be treated.