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The virtual piece of it would ruin the last second regret. The regret comes from the realization that you've crossed through a door with no return. Can't ever
by tfha 7y ago
The virtual piece of it would ruin the last second regret. The regret comes from the realization that you've crossed through a door with no return.
Can't ever get that in VR unless somehow the subject does not realize it's fake.
- coderintherye 7y agoWould it be ethical to subject someone to a virtual suicide they thought was real...in order to convince them to not attempt in the future? The technology seems to be getting to a place we could create such an experience, terrifying though it may be.
- hiram112 7y agoYou'd think that once VR got to such an advanced state, we'd have already long before synthesized effective medications / electrical-magnetic therapies (e.g. shock therapy or TMS) to effectively treat depression enough that the VR suicide simulation would be pointless. OTOH, the most effective treatments we have for depression are almost a century old, have tons of awful side effects, and were discovered by accident (i.e. MAOIs and electroconvulsive therapy), so I'm not too optimistic in the pharmaceutical and psychiatric industries.
- trevyn 7y agoSuicidality does not imply depression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116433/
- emiliobumachar 7y agoVR seems unnecessary. Just have a gun around with blank rounds.
- homonculus1 7y agoAt the range of direct contact to the head, the explosive force of a powder load is deadly whether or not there's a bullet along for the ride.
- emiliobumachar 7y agoGood point. How about weakened blanks?
- dredmorbius 7y agoTotal Recall / P.K. Dick "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale".