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Imagine that you could choose to step into a machine which would simulate a perfect life for you until you die. You would live in this virtual reality for the rest of your life, with most of your desires being fulfilled. It wouldn't be a boring life; it would be whatever your idea of a perfect life is. You know that if you stepped into the machine, while in the virtual world, you would believe that everything that was happening was real. Would you do it? |
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I'd be more likely to do it if I knew it wasn't real. If you thought it was real you'd have to leave this life behind, and despite all it's imperfections this life is pretty fucking amazing. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
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If you're a solipsist and believe that your mind is the only thing that exists, then yes, what that Matrix clip says is true. |
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Maybe it matters because without it we can't relate to each other, we are completely alone. Without it everything is baseless and insignificant. I dunno, just a thought. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
I would not do it. I have a great fear of "forgetting" my life (I've had the fear for as long as I can remember). So, option 2 is not in the least bit appealing. |
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I feel that we are put on this life to see the truth. You have to ask yourself are you willing to lie to and sacrifice the truth to be happy. Here is an example if your boss was murdering kittens everyday after work and you had the choice to confront him about it and lose your job or take a pill that would make you forget you ever knew he killed kittens would you? Yes a little ridiculous I know. Now that you have entered this false reality, you have no ability change the world for the better. |
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Ignorance is bliss... |
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Last edited by bradysdreaming; 01-26-2011 at 04:11 AM.
When my philosophy professor asked the class this question, if they'd choose a virtual reality simulator, only one person raised his hand. I was surprised, then, because I had thought that most people would prefer happiness over truth and that I was an exception. After that, I changed my idea of people, realizing that almost everyone would choose truth over happiness. But now, I'm surprised again. More people would choose to step into a virtual reality machine than I expected, at least on this forum. |
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I would definitely choose truth in this case, but then again if a simulator like that exists, then there is no need to leave truth behind, you can accept the both of them. One reason that I would choose truth is that being delusional and finding out later on that it is not true can be devastating to a persons life. |
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Absolutely. I honestly would not care if it wasn't real. I would prefer the perfect life in the real |
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I do have the perfect life I define and bend time and space If I want to. I make life what I want to make it not the oppisite and I don't sit here dreaming about having the perfect life when I am on that path right now to the perfect life I have forseen and no I don't have it easy. I actually have it harder than most around me. All I got to say to you is make your own destiny right now in-vision it and go out and get it. Its not that harder than you think it is. If it doesn't work then twist it and bend it until it works! |
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you just got to believe in your self. come on if you don't believe in your self at the end of the day who can you believe? Ask yourself this question? |
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Yes, I see your point. I am obsessed with the idea of lucid dreaming. But the big difference for me is, while lucid dreaming, you know that what you experience isn't real, and your real life is barely distrupted. In a Matrix world, you would think it was real and be there indefinitely. |
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I would definitely choose truth. It would be hard to do philosophy in a fake world and I love exploring THIS world. People talk about this world maybe being fake, but at least I believe that it is real. If I knew that I was in a fake world, I would find it hard to really care about anything and would only love material things. I'd turn to drugs harder than I have in this life knowing that it was all fake and that there was nobody real to be affected. I just don't see the point in passionately exploring a world that you know is fake. |
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I will always choose the truth over comfort. I agree with Plato, I think truth is a most sacred thing. This thread is basically similar to his allegory of the cave. I would rather be blinded by the light outside than be in the darkness of the cave. |
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There is no point in doing something if it is not real. There's even less point if I don't remember it. I might as well lose a month of my life for no reason. So, no, I wouldn't accept either offer. |
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No thanks. I don't care how good life in a virtual world will be. I'd rather live in the real world. |
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