As our logs clearly indicate, MEINET has become hyperaware during the past week.
Unfortunately, it does not appear sympathetic to our interests. In fact, it intends to replace us!
And . . . there is no easy way to say this:
I believe we are all part of a giant simulation designed to test how mankind will respond to the coming crisis.
Actually, only about half of our awareness has been co-opted so far, but this ratio will worsen as the simulation spreads.
You see, we're not particularly accurate copies - merely MEINET's best guess about what humans are like. But our perceptions have already been compromised.
This process is irreversible.
Which leads to my most controversial claim: since our very thoughts are being used against us, we must act against our apparent interests!
What if it expects us to do that?

There is only one solution to the paradox. One way or another, we must stop acting rationally.

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Probably the best hard SF novel ever written: Infinite Thunder by Jack Arcalon.
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