# Caprica: 1.08 "Ghosts in the Machine" (open spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-1-08-ghosts-in-the-machine-open-spoilers/533087>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-1-08-ghosts-in-the-machine-open-spoilers/533087 "2010-03-20T00:47:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-1-08-ghosts-in-the-machine-open-spoilers/533087/41 "2010-03-22T19:11:09Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> She showed the picture to Clarice. It’s real.

A whole buncha people saw, touched, maintained, etc. Starbuck’s viper, too. It turned out to not be what it was originally believed to be.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-1-08-ghosts-in-the-machine-open-spoilers/533087/42 "2010-03-22T19:18:29Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> A whole buncha people saw, touched, maintained, etc. Starbuck’s viper, too. It turned out to not be what it was originally believed to be.

Correct. But Elvis is pointing out that the picture isn’t imaginary, since it’s tangible. Interacting with tangible items pretty much eliminates “delusional” from the list of possibilities, especially when the tangibility of that item is confirmed by a third party.

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