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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] How would different Star Trek characters have reacted to taking Picard’s place in “The Inner Light”?
gpt
That's the one where he learns to play the flute?

Was it ever clear how much control he really had in that experience? 

Remembering that the conjectured purpose of the probe was to create a memorial to a lost civilization, it seems like you would want to provide a curated and consistent experience. It's possible that everyone experiences a similar life made of largely predetermined and guided decisions where they're effectively along for the ride even as they maintain a sense of self and an illusion of self-control. 

Also a very effective way of propagating your weird alien flute music.