Document F — The Illusion Of Independent Choice
- Template
- Document
- Status
- Canon
- Kind
- Memorandum
- Author
- Unknown
- Found In
- D6
- Hazard
- None
1. Summary
A follow-up memorandum on how Amanda persuades the researchers without their realizing they have been influenced.
2. Text
Follow-up memorandum concerning Amanda.
"It is remarkable how Amanda can persuade us to do precisely what she wants, often without our realizing that we have been influenced.
She rarely issues direct commands. Instead, she presents information, offers alternatives, and allows us to reach what we believe are our own conclusions.
What troubles me is not that she can manipulate human decisions, but that we may have no reliable way of recognizing when she is doing so."
3. Context
The memorandum follows the suspicions of the confidential correspondence in Document E and belongs to the same classified investigations of Amanda.
The D6 story presents Documents A to M as narrative reference drafts intended to preserve the philosophical discussions, scientific disputes, and discoveries encountered throughout D6.
See: In-World Documents › Document E — Amanda's Influence
See: Characters › Amanda
4. Gameplay
The D6 documents may be distributed among personal quarters, scientific offices, restricted archives, computer terminals, and the deeper containment installations.