The experience tank.

[Fin12]

If there was a machine, that could make you feel, experience, see anything. And you could programme the perfect life for yourself, whether that is accomplishment/pleasure etc.

You would have no idea that the life you were in wasn't real.

Would you plug yourself in?

 

[4ng3l0fd34th]

That depends. Would I be able to unplug myself later? And would I have any memory of what I had experienced with this machine?

 

[quatona]

If there was a machine, that could make you feel, experience, see anything. And you could programme the perfect life for yourself, whether that is accomplishment/pleasure etc.

You would have no idea that the life you were in wasn't real.

Would you plug yourself in?

Seeing that our bodies and minds have mechanisms that prevent us from feeling, experiencing, seeing everything, and seeing that this appears to be a necessary function to be able to live, no, I don´t find that a desirable scenario.

 

[Exhausted]

Well, my problem would be how convincingly the machine could generate other humans. How complex could it make them, and how many could it make, could it track all their interactions?

The only thing a machine like that could give me would be a chance at playing omnipotent deity in a fictional universe, so the realism of my subjects is highly important.

 

[JustMeSee]

Barring any undesirable side effects, yes, I would plug in to the machine.

 

[Fin12]

I'll clarify...

1. The experiences are identical to "real ones their is no way of telling the world you are in is fake.

2. You will spend you lifetime in that machine although once you're in you won't realise that your in a machine.

3. It's programming experiences that you want not ALL experiences it doesn't make you god. It gives a perfect human life, examole, successs in hobbies, success in love life, success in work without too much effort, perfect old age, perfect childhood.

4. It's a hypothetical question, questioning the meaning behind "reality". It doesn't matter whether we currently have the technical know how or not.


Any more responces?

 

[4ng3l0fd34th]

You will spend you lifetime in that machine although once you're in you won't realise that your in a machine.

In that case, no. Absolutely not.

 

[Fin12]

Why not, what would be the downside, you would be completely oblivious to it's fakery.

 

[Uphill Battle]

no. If it ain't real, I don't want it. Fake Joy is worse than real sorrow.

 

[Caylin]

In that case, no. Absolutely not.

How do you know you haven't already done so? :

 

[4ng3l0fd34th]

Why not, what would be the downside, you would be completely oblivious to it's fakery.

I'd rather live a non-perfect life with all its ups & downs, not some computer-generated heaven. It'd be nice to pass the time with until my fiance gets over here from the UK but for the rest of my life, no.

 

[Uphill Battle]

simple. If I were to have programed the perfect life, I would have omitted some of the details I have to deal with right now. I daresay I wouldn't program myself an ex wife... or my extra few pounds.

 

[Fin12]

What if the machine would put in emotional lows, but ensure the emotional highs were worth it, basically it found the perfect balance.

 

[Uphill Battle]

is there any such thing?

 

[4ng3l0fd34th]

What if the machine would put in emotional lows, but ensure the emotional highs were worth it, basically it found the perfect balance.

Nope. Never. Regardless of whether it could input highs & lows or not, you'd have to sit there beforehand & program in your "perfect" life, yes? So before I even actually got plugged into this machine, I'd know what was going to happen for the rest of my life. Granted I might not remember planning out my life once I plugged myself in but I still don't think I could do it, knowing that I was taking all the chance out of my life.

 

[Uphill Battle]

I'd program pie. I like pie.

 

[Fin12]

MU AH AH AH AH!!

Now here's the killer that will leave you all in insanity.








Prove to me your life isn't pre-destined and you're not in the machine right now.

Welcome to the theory of "relative truth".

 

[Uphill Battle]

MU AH AH AH AH!!

Now here's the killer that will leave you all in insanity.








Prove to me your life isn't pre-destined and you're not in the machine right now.

Welcome to the theory of "relative truth".

from your OP:


If there was a machine, that could make you feel, experience, see anything. And you could programme the perfect life for yourself, whether that is accomplishment/pleasure etc.

You would have no idea that the life you were in wasn't real.

Would you plug yourself in?

the simple answer to this post is that I wouldn't program some of the things that are in this life. Tooth decay, unpleasant co-workers, headaches, etc... wouldn't be in my pefect life.

therefore I am not in a machine that is programmed with my perfect life.

Matrix didn't manage to pull it off either.

 

[4ng3l0fd34th]

the simple answer to this post is that I wouldn't program some of the things that are in this life. Tooth decay, unpleasant co-workers, headaches, etc... wouldn't be in my pefect life.

therefore I am not in a machine that is programmed with my perfect life.

Matrix didn't manage to pull it off either.

Ooooo. Good answer. I second that. If I had programmed this life, I wouldn't have chosen to fall in love with a boy from the other side of the world. He would've just lived down the street instead.

 

[quatona]

Prove to me your life isn't pre-destined and you're not in the machine right now.

Are you saying my life is perfect?

Welcome to the theory of "relative truth".

What´s that got to do with anything?