You guys already in the matrix and reptilians farming your energy. Happy battery life for everyone here.
Will VR cause human extinction?
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Like many people here, having been born before home computers, much less mobile phones and the interweb, from my PoV, the world is already half way to life in VR. Step one; replace world with online, e.g. I go to the pub, others to facebook. Last woman I dated, I was driving down a high street and there was a cute girl in a knock out dress walking along so I stopped, leaned on the horn until I got her attention and we dated. Others meet by staring at chat boxes on their phones. I think my way is faaaaaar more fun. Extinction through VR my @ss. Those people will remove themselves from the gene pool as soon as they get Lister's 'groin attachment'
Extinction through VR and/or full dive VR may apply to certain 1st world societies or sub-cultures of said societies. Since humanity and especially its economies require a strong disparity to function, I would say "no" to a full extinction though, because not everybody can full-dive during the same time.
Even if the 1st worlds in the EU, the Americas and Asia would wipe themselves out by not producing real-world offspring, there are still enough people left to take over and repeat history indefinitely.
Edit: Corrected for making some geographical mistakes.
Even if the 1st worlds in the EU, the Americas and Asia would wipe themselves out by not producing real-world offspring, there are still enough people left to take over and repeat history indefinitely.
Edit: Corrected for making some geographical mistakes.
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Damn Dude, have you ever gotten laid? ( I'm going to get slapped for that, either by you or the Mods, I can feel itExtinction through VR and/or full dive VR may apply to certain 1st world societies or sub-cultures of said societies. Since humanity and especially its economies require a strong disparity to function, I would say "no" to a full extinction though, because not everybody can full-dive during the same time.
Even if the 1st worlds in the EU, the Americas and Asia would wipe themselves out by not producing real-world offspring, there are still enough people left to take over and repeat history indefinitely.
Edit: Corrected for making some geographical mistakes.
Actually, who am I to talk; I can't buy headsets fast enough )
I'm just like you.. I've only appeared in this thread once so don't really exist
Yeah, but I made no babies doing it, and I'm not planning to either.Damn Dude, have you ever gotten laid? ( I'm going to get slapped for that, either by you or the Mods, I can feel it
(Not because of VR though, lol)But apparently, in some parts this is actually a problem (cough Japan?), but I wouldn't know for sure.
You are my role modelYeah, but I made no babies doing it, and I'm not planning to either.
But apparently, in some parts this is actually a problem (cough Japan?), but I wouldn't know for sure.
And that's how you pick a bad role model!
But hey, I just like to talk about all kinds of doomsday scenarios, and this whole "humanity dies out because VR is better than reality" thing is kind of the new kid on the block when it comes to those? Previously it was all meteor impacts, supervolcano eruptions, world wars, viruses, zombies and alien invasions, but we finally found a peaceful way to go extinct!
Edit: Ah, I just remembered that there was a "Sea Quest" time travel episode dealing with exactly this setup. As far as I remember it ended in some kind of Sci-Fi Adam & Eve scenario. Given that Sea Quest ran from 1993-1996, it's not such a new idea after all... My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think it was people getting completely addicted to VR games, where they would control real-life mechs or something like that.
But hey, I just like to talk about all kinds of doomsday scenarios, and this whole "humanity dies out because VR is better than reality" thing is kind of the new kid on the block when it comes to those? Previously it was all meteor impacts, supervolcano eruptions, world wars, viruses, zombies and alien invasions, but we finally found a peaceful way to go extinct!
Edit: Ah, I just remembered that there was a "Sea Quest" time travel episode dealing with exactly this setup. As far as I remember it ended in some kind of Sci-Fi Adam & Eve scenario. Given that Sea Quest ran from 1993-1996, it's not such a new idea after all... My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think it was people getting completely addicted to VR games, where they would control real-life mechs or something like that.
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Let us not forget the scourge of robosexualsAnd that's how you pick a bad role model!
But hey, I just like to talk about all kinds of doomsday scenarios, and this whole "humanity dies out because VR is better than reality" thing is kind of the new kid on the block when it comes to those? Previously it was all meteor impacts, supervolcano eruptions, world wars, viruses, zombies and alien invasions, but we finally found a peaceful way to go extinct!
Edit: Ah, I just remembered that there was a "Sea Quest" time travel episode dealing with exactly this setup. As far as I remember it ended in some kind of Sci-Fi Adam & Eve scenario. Given that Sea Quest ran from 1993-1996, it's not such a new idea after all... My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think it was people getting completely addicted to VR games, where they would control real-life mechs or something like that.
My personal favourite is 'monsters from the Id' a'la Forbidden Planet in a world without 'instrumentality'. Fantastic idea... until someone has a bad hair day
Of course, sex bots / love bots are another way that works without bloodshed. I wonder whether people would prefer sentient or non-sentient ones though. Probably the latter. I didn't know about "Monsters from the Id" though, never heard of it, so I just looked it up. Really old one though. Oldest TV apocalyptica I've seen is probably "Logan's Run" from the 70's. Maybe I'll give Forbidden Planet a try.
Also, Asimov's "The Naked Sun" mentioned by Northpin sounds rather interesting.
But in none of those scenarios do people really die out in the end?
I wonder whether people would prefer sentient or non-sentient ones though. Probably the latter. I didn't know about "Monsters from the Id" though, never heard of it, so I just looked it up. Really old one though. Oldest TV apocalyptica I've seen is probably "Logan's Run" from the 70's. Maybe I'll give Forbidden Planet a try.Also, Asimov's "The Naked Sun" mentioned by Northpin sounds rather interesting.
But in none of those scenarios do people really die out in the end?
In Forbidden Planet, the monsters created, from the mind's 'primitive beast' and powered by the 'Krell's' 'ultimate machine' which made anything they wanted just through the power of thought; wiped enough of them out that there wasn't enough population left for the Krell to survive as a species.
With humans, we've 'apparently' been able to recover from the planetary population being decimated to ~1000 'reproductive adults' when Toba went off 70k years ago. That's pretty close to extinction. See link, however I've not found corroborating research:
How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C
With humans, we've 'apparently' been able to recover from the planetary population being decimated to ~1000 'reproductive adults' when Toba went off 70k years ago. That's pretty close to extinction. See link, however I've not found corroborating research:
How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C
Ah yes, I know about that from back when I was interested in supervolcanos. I doubt a similar eruption would be as dangerous for us as it was back then though. And as far as I'm aware the only ones which might erupt somewhere in the near future are smaller ones, like Yellowstone. A lot also depends on the viscosity and composition of the magma in such a case, but still... I doubt any remaining supervolcano on Earth can really wipe us out.
I actually think that sexbots might be a bigger threat!
They're probably far more realistic than full dive VR too...
I actually think that sexbots might be a bigger threat!
They're probably far more realistic than full dive VR too...