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This is my main theory. Humans will eventually abandon their own bodies and live in a VR world. I think you'd still have massive energy requirements in the real

This is my main theory. Humans will eventually abandon their own bodies and live in a VR world. I think you'd still have massive energy requirements in the real world to deal with of course.

m3kw9 5y ago
Yeah there is really no “need” to explore other than survival. If vr can provide an exponentially better world for life, the entire planet goes dark.
pmoriarty 5y ago
"Humans will eventually abandon their own bodies and live in a VR world." Those who "abandon their own bodies" are effectively killing themselves. Any "copies" which might exist in VR are separate beings, not the ones who chose to die in the real world. I feel nothing but sadness towards the possible future as you paint it. It would mean the end of the human race.
- 7thaccount 5y ago
  Nothing would be sadder to me to see us stagnate forever. As a non corporeal being, I think you could live nearly forever and learn far more. I think creating "children" could be possible too if we had the technology to digitize people in the first place. I don't think we would give up on exploration either. Just build a ship, send it somewhere, and transport your consiousness over the distance. If you wanted to go back in the physical world, I think you could, or at least a copy of you. Of course it goes without saying that this is all basically magical sci-fi gibberish.
  - pmoriarty 5y ago
    "I think you could live nearly forever and learn far more." But it wouldn't be you living forever. It would be some copy of you (at best).
    - edgyquant 5y ago
      What’s the difference?
      - TheRealNGenius 5y ago
        that one can't discern the difference, yet would undergo this procedure themselves, is telling in and of itself
        7thaccount 5y ago
        Can you elaborate? I think sharding yourself (breaking yourself into clones, not pooping on yourself) would be pretty interesting. A lot of problems could be worked on simultaneously. There are of course philosophical implications. I think it is fine as long as it isn't forced.
        ncmncm 5y ago
        Would your shards have rights to spend your money?
        edgyquant 5y ago
        Only if I created them myself
        ncmncm 5y ago
        How does anybody tell? Tattoos?
mmh0000 5y ago
There was a great documentary[0] on this a few years ago. They specifically talked about the energy requirements and how they solved them. [0] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133093 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133093

This is my main theory. Humans will eventually abandon their own bodies and live in a VR world. I think you'd still have massive energy requirements in the real world to deal with of course.

m3kw9 5y ago

Yeah there is really no “need” to explore other than survival. If vr can provide an exponentially better world for life, the entire planet goes dark.

pmoriarty 5y ago

"Humans will eventually abandon their own bodies and live in a VR world." Those who "abandon their own bodies" are effectively killing themselves. Any "copies" which might exist in VR are separate beings, not the ones who chose to die in the real world. I feel nothing but sadness towards the possible future as you paint it. It would mean the end of the human race.

7thaccount 5y ago
Nothing would be sadder to me to see us stagnate forever. As a non corporeal being, I think you could live nearly forever and learn far more. I think creating "children" could be possible too if we had the technology to digitize people in the first place. I don't think we would give up on exploration either. Just build a ship, send it somewhere, and transport your consiousness over the distance. If you wanted to go back in the physical world, I think you could, or at least a copy of you. Of course it goes without saying that this is all basically magical sci-fi gibberish.
- pmoriarty 5y ago
  "I think you could live nearly forever and learn far more." But it wouldn't be you living forever. It would be some copy of you (at best).
  - edgyquant 5y ago
    What’s the difference?
    - TheRealNGenius 5y ago
      that one can't discern the difference, yet would undergo this procedure themselves, is telling in and of itself
      - 7thaccount 5y ago
        Can you elaborate? I think sharding yourself (breaking yourself into clones, not pooping on yourself) would be pretty interesting. A lot of problems could be worked on simultaneously. There are of course philosophical implications. I think it is fine as long as it isn't forced.
        ncmncm 5y ago
        Would your shards have rights to spend your money?
        edgyquant 5y ago
        Only if I created them myself
        ncmncm 5y ago
        How does anybody tell? Tattoos?

mmh0000 5y ago

There was a great documentary[0] on this a few years ago. They specifically talked about the energy requirements and how they solved them. [0] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133093 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133093