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> Well, one of the core measures of a well-designed game (for a given player) is the felt experience of immersion, or flow. Specifically, an immersive game shou
by Scarblac 4y ago
> Well, one of the core measures of a well-designed game (for a given player) is the felt experience of immersion, or flow. Specifically, an immersive game should hold the player in the flow channel at all times.
In life, that's not the case. We sometimes choose to do things that are frustrating or boring, because they must be done. Because they're worth doing. Not everything needs to be entertainment.
> Instead, I want to play an infinite game
That's why I came to believe in reincarnation, actually.
Life on its own can seem pretty meaningless -- you can try to learn all you want, achieve your wildest dreams, and then we all die and in a few centuries will be utterly forgotten.
A bit like how a single game of rock, paper, scissors is not especially interesting. There's no real strategy to a single game.
But repeated rock, paper, scissors, there are tournaments in that, computer engines, there are several strategies and ways to exploit other strategies. The "optimal" play (always random) is guaranteed to end in the middle of the pack. There's much more to think about.
So I choose to assume reincarnation exist (with no possible way to communicatie between lives). And now what I do in this life may influence my next one. Everything has more meaning, just by a simple assumption.
- falcor84 4y ago>exist (with no possible way to communicate between lives) ...what I do in this life may influence my next one. Could you please clarify what you mean by this? If there is no communication in either direction, in what way does one life affect the next?
- vonbaum 4y agoKarma?
- gnz11 4y agoI suppose genes would fit the bill? Environment can affect gene expression so how we nurture our current environment could affect the genes of future generations. Might be a stretch, I’m not a geneticist or biologist.
- LiveTheDream 4y agoA person today could build something to be used by a person tomorrow.
- bbor 4y agoIf you don’t have memories of your current life, can you meaningfully be said to be the same consciousness at all? Also I’m really happy/jealous that you’ve found meaning, but I’d like to softly express some incredulity at picking a view of the universe based on what feels good or seems the most meaningful. Don’t you ever doubt it, because you’re not basing it on any evidence or reason?
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago> Life on its own can seem pretty meaningless -- you can try to learn all you want, achieve your wildest dreams, and then we all die and in a few centuries will be utterly forgotten. Does something only have meaning when it will be remembered for <arbitrary period of time> ? I don't consider this to describe a meaningless life: > “To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” (btw, although generally ascribed to Emerson, it was not in fact written by him)
- OccamsMirror 4y agoThat sounds nice, but you’re really just engaging in the life long human tradition of death denialism. Avoiding the finitude of your life may seem like a nice philosophy, but it may ultimately be giving you reasons to not make the most of this life. In existentialism, we embrace the knowledge that our lives have no extrinsic meaning, and acknowledge that the only meaning that can be found is by living a worthwhile life. Meaning is subjective. The universe does not give a shit about your craving for meaning or purpose.