Barsin takes Red in a headlock. Some haphazard kicking ensues, less well-choreographed. Red has a demon's energy behind him but Barsin has, to be blunt, arrived prepared. In a few more moves, Red is disarmed, stunned, flat on his back and g…"That's because you're not directly connected to this optic nerve anymore. But your mind is locked inside something which is. You can't see the spiral, but somehow you know what it looks like. You can sense its shape, like a pattern of heat…
Barsin
fictional · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Barsin appears to be a fictional character rather than a historical figure, making only a passing reference in the course readings. The excerpts suggest a narrative involving physical confrontation and discussion of sensory perception disconnected from direct bodily input, which might relate to themes of embodied cognition or distributed consciousness relevant to cybernetics. Without fuller context, Barsin's precise role in the course's theoretical framework remains unclear from these fragments alone.
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