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They can build immensely elaborate scenarios for the person they want to probe and determine what they know from their choices and actions inside the simulation.
Source: Literature / The Quantum Thief - In Star Trek IV, an alien species that uses to chat with humpback whales before their extinction sends a probe to determine why they haven't called for the last 300 years.
Source: Calling Out For Not Calling -
Mind Probe: The gods use these to determine which sins their subjects have committed, and therefore what bodies they are entitled to when they reincarnate.
Source: Literature / Lord of Light
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