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The narrator describes having a "Galactic ______ card" that keeps working even without sending checks, symbolizing their effortless success.
The narrator describes having a "Galactic ______ card" that keeps working even without sending checks, symbolizing their effortless success.
Credit
The narrator decided to steal a ship and look for ______, illustrating his impulsive freewheeling nature.
The narrator decided to steal a ship and look for ______, illustrating his impulsive freewheeling nature.
Magrathea
The narrator plugs himself into the ______ screen in the ship's medical bay to investigate his mental state.
The narrator plugs himself into the ______ screen in the ship's medical bay to investigate his mental state.
enghalographic
The narrator recalls always being superstitious about the color ______ as a child, referencing a past desire to be a pilot on a trading scout.
The narrator recalls always being superstitious about the color ______ as a child, referencing a past desire to be a pilot on a trading scout.
The narrator decides he will become ______ of the Galaxy, an example of a freewheeling attitude.
The narrator decides he will become ______ of the Galaxy, an example of a freewheeling attitude.
The medical tests reveal that the narrator is clever, imaginative, irresponsible, ______, and untrustworthy.
The medical tests reveal that the narrator is clever, imaginative, irresponsible, ______, and untrustworthy.
The narrator discovers a section in the middle of both brains that related only to each other, and not to anything else around them after looking at it through a ______ filter.
The narrator discovers a section in the middle of both brains that related only to each other, and not to anything else around them after looking at it through a ______ filter.
The discovery of cauterized synapses and electronically traumatized lumps of ______ suggests intentional sabotage of the narrator's mind.
The discovery of cauterized synapses and electronically traumatized lumps of ______ suggests intentional sabotage of the narrator's mind.
The initials '______' burned into the cauterized synapses reveal the perpetrator's identity.
The initials '______' burned into the cauterized synapses reveal the perpetrator's identity.
The narrator's concern about his mind not working properly leads him to suspect that someone else is using their mind for ______ ideas without his knowledge.
The narrator's concern about his mind not working properly leads him to suspect that someone else is using their mind for ______ ideas without his knowledge.
Flashcards
Freewheeling
Freewheeling
A feeling of acting impulsively and having success without clear planning, as if things easily fall into place.
Mind Disconnect
Mind Disconnect
A feeling of unease that someone else is using your mind to generate good ideas, causing a sense of disconnect and lack of ownership over one's thoughts.
Enghalographic Screening
Enghalographic Screening
Using a medical device (enghalographic screen) to run screening tests to reveal unexpected data.
Cauterized Synapses
Cauterized Synapses
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Initials "Z. B."
Initials "Z. B."
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Study Notes
- The speaker admits to not knowing what they are looking for, and that their mind isn't working well.
- They often act on whims and ideas without fully thinking them through, which usually works out unexpectedly.
- The speaker compares this to having a credit card that always works despite not paying the bills.
- They avoid thinking deeply about why they do things, as it requires significant effort.
- Last night, they worried about a part of their mind that seemed to be malfunctioning.
- The speaker considered that someone else might be using their mind to generate good ideas without informing them.
- They hypothesized that this "somebody" was a bad part of their mind, preventing them from accessing those ideas.
- To investigate, the speaker used the ship's medical bay to access the enghalographic screen and undergo various screening tests.
- The tests revealed the speaker to be clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, and vert, but nothing unexpected.
- They tried inventing further tests randomly, and superimposing results from each side of their head, but found nothing unusual.
- Giving up, they superimposed the images and viewed them through a green filter, recalling their childhood superstition about the color.
- They then saw a section in both brains connected only to each other, with cauterized synapses and electronic trauma.
- The speaker knows who is responsible because the person burned their initials into the cauterized synapses for them to see.
- The initials were "Z. B."
- The speaker promises to explain the situation later.
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