[IzrynParticipant]

I’m in public so I didn’t have sound on, but it was Tom (Addison’s dad), looking beat up and being dragged by some other people.

Looks like ODSM may be using him to get at Addison/Sabrina…?

[IzrynParticipant]

I am very curious as to how Ascension will continue now that Sabrina is back in control. Will Samson take over as overseer?

Also, why does The Suit readily repeat all his lines a second time in one night, in front of Taylor? Is Suit just an actor too? Ascension now appears to be a data mining scheme put on by the ODSM. And cataloging repeaters’ reactions to subjecting Addison/Sabrina to the helmet is part of it. But if that’s the case, why have Suit!actor say those lines about collecting data? That does nothing except clue us in on the fact that Ascension isn’t what it seems. Heck, even the ODSM might be a front for what Samson is really up to.

But Ascension has to continue through next week, so I hope any returners between now and then ask Sabrina what she thinks of the one Ascension that succeeded. That is, if she’s even in the compound anymore.

[IzrynParticipant]

Has a thought. If Tom isn’t Sabrina’s real father, it could be a message from the ODSM saying, “look at what we can do to fictional fathers, and we can do the same to your real family if you don’t fall in line.”

[IzrynParticipant]

If I’m remembering the concept of epistemological skepticism correctly, do you mean to say that there is no rational justification to believe that the OOA or any of its associates are real?

If that’s what you mean I’m inclined to agree with you, with some reservations. After what the Re-Re-Ascension folks have seen…

(SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER I think the character count up to here is sufficient, but just in case SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER)

…with Samson and the ODSM shutting down/resetting Overseer, their statement “see? She really believes this stuff”, and the apparently scripted interview, I don’t think anyone can provide rational justification for the existence of the OOA as we know it. However, for the participants, the OOA has made a difference in their lives, so even if it turns out Ascension or the recent events before it are all the work of the ODSM, with truth relativism we can say the OOA existed for those who thought it did.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

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