Quote Originally Posted by Lseadragon View Post
Okay, just ignore my initial scenario. Photolysis's is much more clear. I expected I'd durp out on what I was trying to say if I had all these conditions in it, as it didn't seem it should be that hard to express.

Restart.

(Incidentally to answer Xei's question the point was not that it was better but that it was something novel. Say you were locked in a room and you only had A: Toast and B: Pineapple squares that made you feel sick to eat. If you never had the pineapple squares you wouldn't try them out of boredom, but having them there and nothing else besides the toast you'd probably try them a couple of times with the consequences. So would it be better to be deprived of the pineapple? But it's not the most clear thing.)





These two, anyway.

The Matrix one is a much better example, as it...hm. I just thought of something. Did anybody ever think that when they defeated the machines they might've just been plugged back into a Matrix scenario where it appears that they won? It'd keep them happy.
But anyway, tommo, could you talk more about your insights into the mindsets of "ditsy" people? I'm going to think over my reply a bit again.
Well if we're talking about the Matrix example, all the people who woke up from the Matrix were given a choice to wake up through the selection of pills. So the movie already answered your example.