I don’t seem to quite understand what you’re trying to say either. Are you suggesting that my ideas about my values are not correct, and in fact, in the outside world, what best satisfies the values of the outer me is immersion in the Earth with complete oblivion? If so, then it is not clear what the question of choosing between the red and blue pill is, because since I am here, I have already chosen the blue one.
P.S. I have a feeling that you’re assuming the same fallacy here as the theists (forgot the name) when you assume that our world is the maximum optimization for human values, which is the best we could have. Although it is not. And if it is optimized for the values of the people of the outside world, and not ours, then how can we draw conclusions with our values. (I’m not trying to use some kind of manipulative technique, I’m just expressing how I feel)
(Sorry for taking so long between replies—my account logs out automatically and I never remember to log back in)
Yes, that’s close to what I’m saying. When watching a movie, we have the ability to “almost-forget” the real world to become immersed in it. In red-pill world, you can do this but cranked up to 11, you literally forget everything so that it all feels way more exciting, whether good or bad. You retain all memories afterwards. And yes, outer-you already chose, but I consider inner-you to be a different person, so the question is still meaningful for me (both will merge if you redpill, like when you wake up from a dream, so it’s not suicide either).
But yeah, it’s less of a serious question that needs an answer, and more of an existential horror story. It conveys the idea of the world not being balanced like a videogame, but in an unusual direction. We usually struggle with the endlessness of the obstacles that are in the way of our goals; but imagining that all the obstacles suddenly end and all the goals are trivially reachable, like activating god-mode in a game, is a different kind of terrifying.
I don’t seem to quite understand what you’re trying to say either. Are you suggesting that my ideas about my values are not correct, and in fact, in the outside world, what best satisfies the values of the outer me is immersion in the Earth with complete oblivion? If so, then it is not clear what the question of choosing between the red and blue pill is, because since I am here, I have already chosen the blue one. P.S. I have a feeling that you’re assuming the same fallacy here as the theists (forgot the name) when you assume that our world is the maximum optimization for human values, which is the best we could have. Although it is not. And if it is optimized for the values of the people of the outside world, and not ours, then how can we draw conclusions with our values. (I’m not trying to use some kind of manipulative technique, I’m just expressing how I feel)
(Sorry for taking so long between replies—my account logs out automatically and I never remember to log back in)
Yes, that’s close to what I’m saying. When watching a movie, we have the ability to “almost-forget” the real world to become immersed in it. In red-pill world, you can do this but cranked up to 11, you literally forget everything so that it all feels way more exciting, whether good or bad. You retain all memories afterwards. And yes, outer-you already chose, but I consider inner-you to be a different person, so the question is still meaningful for me (both will merge if you redpill, like when you wake up from a dream, so it’s not suicide either).
But yeah, it’s less of a serious question that needs an answer, and more of an existential horror story. It conveys the idea of the world not being balanced like a videogame, but in an unusual direction. We usually struggle with the endlessness of the obstacles that are in the way of our goals; but imagining that all the obstacles suddenly end and all the goals are trivially reachable, like activating god-mode in a game, is a different kind of terrifying.