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People can have strong emotional/sentimental connections with anything. It doesn't make them delusional, even in the clinical sense. For example, a diary. But
by tantalor 6y ago
People can have strong emotional/sentimental connections with anything. It doesn't make them delusional, even in the clinical sense. For example, a diary.
But I take your point that people at the time may have misunderstood the program, possibly believing it was actually sentient. That's a mistake belief, not a delusion.
- kristopolous 6y agoHe does point that out in a part I omitted. I wish the work was online so I could just link you but please, don't take my selective quoting as a faithful representation, it probably isn't, I'm just some internet rando. Go get your hands on a copy, you can probably find one for under $7 on eBay