Swapping a real life for virtual life.

[him_over_there]

Scenario.

Scientists have a tank that you can get into and you go to sleep. While you are asleep you are hooked up to a computer which allows you to live your perfect life. You will never wake up from the machine, so you will die in the tank. But while you are 'living' in the tank you have no concept that you are in the tank. It's just as if you fell asleep one night and you wake up inside the tank in your bed the next morning.

All sensations and experiences you experience inside the tank are as real as a real-life sensation. Once you are in the tank, as far as your concerned, this is real life and it will be your perfect life ( you will grow old and die as if it was a real-life). You will never be disappointed or miserable or depressed, it will just be perfection.

Knowing what you know now, would you get in the tank ?

Personally, I wouldn't. Neither would my friend. However neither of us really know why though.

Edited by him_over_there on Monday 23 March 14:00

[Cara Van Man]

eeeer, isn't that dreaming?

No thanks.

[skinner05]

Given how rubbish things are for me at the moment, i'd be in there in a shot

[Blukoo]

There is no such thing as a perfect life.

Plus since it is effectively a dream, you wouldn't be interacting with real people (no matter how real it seemed).

Not for me. I'd rather work for a good life, not just dream one.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

"Why oh why didnt I take the blue pill" springs to mind.

[Famous Graham]

How do you know we're not already?

[dan1981]

If i had absolutly no knowledge once i was in there then i don't see why not.

I think.

hmmm. Tricky.

Not sure to be honest.

[ben_reza]

sounds very vanilla sky.

Maybe im already in the tank?

[Cara Van Man]

There is no spoon.

[V8mate]

So would I be slim and handsome and a wow with the laydeees in this tank?

[ben_reza]

imagine the laydees in the tank....

[Cara Van Man]

V8mate said:

So would I be slim and handsome and a wow with the laydeees in this tank?

He never said it was a miracle worker.

[Cotty]

Has the OP actually watched the Matrix

[him_over_there]

dan1981 said:

If i had absolutly no knowledge once i was in there then i don't see why not.

I think.

hmmm. Tricky.

Not sure to be honest.

yes, every experience you experience in the tank is as real - to you - as any real life experience.

It is tricky, I can see the upside but definitely couldn't ever get in the tank.

[superkartracer]

him_over_there said:

Scenario.

Scientists have a tank that you can get into and you go to sleep. While you are asleep you are hooked up to a computer which allows you to live your perfect life. You will never wake up from the machine, so you will die in the tank. But while you are 'living' in the tank you have no concept that you are in the tank. It's just as if you fell asleep one night and you wake up inside the tank in your bed the next morning.

All sensations and experiences you experience inside the tank are as real as a real-life sensation. Once you are in the tank, as far as your concerned, this is real life and it will be your perfect life ( you will grow old and die as if it was a real-life). You will never be disappointed or miserable or depressed, it will just be perfection.

Knowing what you know now, would you get in the tank ?

Personally, I wouldn't. Neither would my friend. However neither of us really know why though.

Edited by him_over_there on Monday 23 March 14:00

Lets get the PH search engine working first eh

[yorky500]

would there be somebody in there to clean up the "baby batter"? After all in my perfect world, I would work in the porno industry or be Hugh Hefner.

[f13ldy]

him_over_there said:

It is tricky, I can see the upside but definitely couldn't ever get in the tank.

What about if you were born in the tank and unplugged and placed in the real world.

Along with metal dragonflies and slop in a tin bowl for every meal...

Hmmmm. There is a film in there somewhere.

[V8mate]

Cara Van Man said:

V8mate said:

So would I be slim and handsome and a wow with the laydeees in this tank?

He never said it was a miracle worker.

Bugger!

[10 Pence Short]

Cara Van Man said:

There is no spoons.

There is, me and my missus definately have spoons.

[him_over_there]

What if we could swap your spoons for sporks!

Edited by him_over_there on Monday 23 March 14:17