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That's one theorized explanation for the Fermi paradox, that highly advanced civilizations upload into their Matrix where they live a life of bliss. I wondered
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That's one theorized explanation for the Fermi paradox, that highly advanced civilizations upload into their Matrix where they live a life of bliss.
I wondered many times if an AI could invent something more viral than "cats", something maybe so viral that it causes your mind to melt (ie, you go insane by the cuteness or whatever)
- frankhorrigan 9y agoInfinite Jest deals with this. Though I feel like it's a spoiler to say any more than that.
- crooked-v 9y agoWell, there are any number of real-life historical cases of mass hysteria (in the literal sense), though we still don't reliably know what caused or causes the most absurd examples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518
- sundaysailor 9y agoChristopher Cherniak, The Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution (1978), http://themindi.blogspot.in/2007/02/chapter-17-riddle-of-universe-and-its.html http://themindi.blogspot.in/2007/02/chapter-17-riddle-of-uni...