OldWorldRevival t1_j5169os wrote on January 19, 2023 at 6:02 PM

Reply to comment by rixtil41 in Instead of escaping to virtual realities, what if we just made our reality as good as any virtual reality could be? by [deleted]

Also... everyone likes power and control on some level.

There are more satisfying things to pursue.

rixtil41 t1_j518wiq wrote on January 19, 2023 at 6:18 PM

If people don't find the real world satisfying things then let them be in the simulation.

leechmeem t1_j54faqr wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:03 AM

Won't there be a point where they lose satisfaction with their fantasy reality? What then? It just seems like everything in a virtual reality will be one big roleplay, instead of actually feeling truly yourself. I'm under belief this would fluctuate the mental disease of psychosis and depression. There's nothing wrong with a game of pretend, we did it as kids and we do it with VR. But that's all there is to it- pretend.

rixtil41 t1_j54gxc0 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:26 AM

Everything in virtual reality will be one big roleplay, instead of actually feeling truly yourself.

What if you truly feel yourself but just can't express it adequately in this world what then?

But that's all there is to it- pretend

Who cares if it's all pretend?

leechmeem t1_j54jbn0 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:59 AM

>Who cares if it's all pretend?

I guess that's just my personal idea. I would want my accomplishments to matter. If your accomplishments only matter to you in a mental and non-phsyical sense, then is it an accomplishment? Or do you just simply "not care"? I don't like this idea of blissful ignorance. I really don't think it will make anyone feel fulfilled in themselves.

If you mean expressing yourself as in socially, then yes a lot people do have trouble with that. That's why people go on the internet. I understand your viewpoint, though. People can manifest accomplishment in their own mind, but as if you are spending time living your life in an online chatroom, and one day you get banned from said chatroom, its addictive properties still linger while you sit with the sinking realization that THAT was your life for a period of time you just wasted. I do see virtual stuff like this as some sort of ecstasy or dopamine drug. You then realize anything you have accomplished just didn't really matter. I think this would occur if you were to abuse simulation like this.