Strata 11 The Crossroads (Gut Feelings) The Book of Immersion by Sarnia de la Mare
🧠 At the edge of three radically different paths, Renyke must decide which uncertain future to walk into—armed only with a gut feeling. This chapter explores intuition, underground survival culture, and the splintered architecture of a techno-capitalist world. Where reason ends, instinct begins. Welcome to Immersion, You Have Reached Strata 11 The Crossroads (Gut Feelings) Prediction always involves a possibility about the future, with varying degrees of certainty. In contrast, guessing for humans is often more abstract and emotional, and can relate to the present. Artificial intelligence approaches guessing differently, relying on mathematics, probability, statistical evidence, and accumulated experience. While humans use these methods too, though less formally, they also rely on intuition. It’s this fluid intuition that shapes a human’s perception of their environment and guides their actions. An intuitive machine may provide useful insights in unexpected situations, but these insig...