Ask HN: Would you sign up for an immersive VR under these conditions?

1 points by whereis 5 years ago | 2 comments

* You have no knowledge of the fact that you're in a virtual reality

* The simulation will threaten you with eternal torture if you attempt to remove the headset early

* If you resist the programming, the simulation will psychologically and/or physically torment you such that you'll eventually remain in a perpetual state of suicidal ideation

* If you accept the simulation, you'll be rewarded with pleasure and fulfillment as desired

Aeronwen 5 years ago |

The state machine of those conditions ends up generating the outline to a PKD novel.

I'll avoid your schizophrenia generator, thanks.

whereis 5 years ago | |

* The simulation shall invoke feelings of paranoia and the sense of communication with a higher intelligence during user's formative years via consumption of psychotropic substances, faithfully re-creating the sensations of schizophrenia.

* The simulation will slowly reveal increasingly clear contact with a higher intelligence as adulthood sets in, throughout which the enigma of the user's role in the outcome of the simulated world will morph into intrinsic understanding of, and harmony with, the simulated world. This marks the transition away from purely schizophrenic perceptions to grandiose delusions that manifest in a progressively convincing fashion.