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Circ-Le-Jerk t1_jd4znnq wrote

The whole underlying theme of "cookies" completely fucks with my head. It's a concept I explored under a heavy dose of DMT, then watching it in the show just leads me down rabbits holes of thought.

But the concept that we can just create infinite instances of someone's consciousness and artificially simulate it is just such a wild thing to think about. The applications, the horrors, the benefits, the philosophical implications. To me, that's the most profound.

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sdmat t1_jd63sol wrote

Book rec: Surface Detail by Ian M. Banks

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AnakinRagnarsson66 OP t1_jd58z2i wrote

It straight up makes me think the idea of uploading consciousness should be strictly off limits and banned from ever being developed

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Circ-Le-Jerk t1_jd5a60c wrote

Yeah, that's probably not possible. Pandora's box is open and there is no closing it.

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AnakinRagnarsson66 OP t1_jd5awux wrote

What would the benefits even be? The benefits are nothing compared to the drawbacks. An endless computer generated hell is the most horrific prospect in the entire history of the universe. And the worst part is it’s probably possible

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