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If there is a high fidelity nice simulation of a pleasant world, and the actual real world is a hellscape, what is the problem with that? If you were presented
by IncreasePosts 3y ago
If there is a high fidelity nice simulation of a pleasant world, and the actual real world is a hellscape, what is the problem with that?
If you were presented with the fact that whatever your life is is just an illusion, and you are actually a starving slave in North Korea, you would choose to "wake up"?
- tmaly 3y agoThis is like something out of Ready Player One
- globular-toast 3y agoMore like The Matrix, which was originally referenced.
- tmaly 3y agoThe Matrix is like the next step. Ready Player One, people were mostly on VR. Ready Player Two is where they became sort of jacked in.
- tomp 3y agoWhy not just take cocaine to fake good feelings, instead of seeking real-life experiences that generate good feelings? (I mean, a lot of people do do that!)
- thepasswordis 3y agoA lot more people would do that if cocaine was legal, I suspect.
- IncreasePosts 3y agoWell, there are huge downsides to using cocaine, whether it is undesired health impacts, or addiction, or threat of arrest, or mere cost, or even just social stigma. I'm not sure there are downsides to living out your life in a simulation while robots take care of your physical form.