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user-inactivated · 3206 days ago · link · · parent · post: Let's talk about the ethics of creating sentient life inside your head, or if you think it even is sentient. I'm talking about tulpas.
One reason I can think of is that such a thing might be very handy for people who've suffered severe abuse. Separating things in your mind, creating distance, personification of ideal qualities, being your own mentor, being parent to your own child, and so forth. Instead of all the noise and confusion being a sea in which you drown, change your thinking via abstract conjecture.