Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:
So remember the Litany Against Being Transported Into An Alternate Universe:
If I’m going to be happy anywhere,
Or achieve greatness anywhere,
Or learn true secrets anywhere,
Or save the world anywhere,
Or feel strongly anywhere,
Or help people anywhere,
I may as well do it in reality.
No. You are describing the end of humanity.
Uploaded into virtual reality, everyone can be a hero.
Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote: So remember the Litany Against Being Transported Into An Alternate Universe:
If I’m going to be happy anywhere, Or achieve greatness anywhere, Or learn true secrets anywhere, Or save the world anywhere, Or feel strongly anywhere, Or help people anywhere,
I may as well do it in reality.
No. You are describing the end of humanity.
Uploaded into virtual reality, everyone can be a hero.
Why go back to reality?