by Tdarcos » Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:20 am
Casual Observer wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:37 am
Besides the ubiquitous self driving cars and wrist band cell phones that project a screen between your fingers, this fictional world has something called "upload" where your consciousness is uploaded into a virtual reality world for eternity, a digital heaven (kind of like the "forge" idea in Westworld, or hundreds of other scifi examples). I would love to exist in a digital reality where I don't have to work or go to the store or listen to my wife bitch, just relax and do what I want every day would be absolute heaven.
Even Paradise can have problems. May I suggest you read my book,
Instrument of God which is about the exact scenario you just described.
It's available here to view or download.
Casual Observer wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:37 am
When at RIT I had a philosophy class that was mostly discussions about the morality of different sci fi concepts. One was about whether you're the same person when you enter and then exit a transporter.
What matters is the result; if whatever comes out thinks it's you, has your memories and there is no other, it is you as far as you're concerned.
Casual Observer wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:37 am
Another discussion was about the morality of self driving cars (only about 20 years before we had them). The discussion was about whether the car should prioritize the occupant's safety or a pedestrian/animal.
What do cars do now? Or did then? You provide reasonable protection to the occupants and provide adequate features to permit the operator to do so in a reasonably safe manner.
Realize, self-driving cars do not have to be perfect, just better than humans. Elevators are self-driving and no one worries about them because they are designed to be safe and the path has no bystanders. Motor vehicle accidents kill 40,000 people in the US each year, half of those being 100% preventable as drunk driving accidents. To be a complete cynic, let's say self-driving cars became ubiquitous so that all cars are self driving and still 1,000 people were killed each year by them. That's 39,000 people a year
not being killed.
Elevators and escalators seem safe, but they still kill 30 and injure 17,000 people a year in the US. Given that there are millions of trips taken on them yearly shows they are very safe, although they are not absolutely safe. There is still a minuscule risk of death and a slightly higher chance of injury.
[quote="Casual Observer" post_id=111549 time=1593707863 user_id=77]
Besides the ubiquitous self driving cars and wrist band cell phones that project a screen between your fingers, this fictional world has something called "upload" where your consciousness is uploaded into a virtual reality world for eternity, a digital heaven (kind of like the "forge" idea in Westworld, or hundreds of other scifi examples). I would love to exist in a digital reality where I don't have to work or go to the store or listen to my wife bitch, just relax and do what I want every day would be absolute heaven.[/quote]
Even Paradise can have problems. May I suggest you read my book, [i]Instrument of God[/i] which is about the exact scenario you just described. [url=https://viridiandevelopmentcorporation.sharefile.com/d-se65f232bb414bae8]It's available here[/url] to view or download.
[quote="Casual Observer" post_id=111549 time=1593707863 user_id=77]
When at RIT I had a philosophy class that was mostly discussions about the morality of different sci fi concepts. One was about whether you're the same person when you enter and then exit a transporter.[/quote]
What matters is the result; if whatever comes out thinks it's you, has your memories and there is no other, it is you as far as you're concerned.
[quote="Casual Observer" post_id=111549 time=1593707863 user_id=77]
Another discussion was about the morality of self driving cars (only about 20 years before we had them). The discussion was about whether the car should prioritize the occupant's safety or a pedestrian/animal.[/quote]
What do cars do now? Or did then? You provide reasonable protection to the occupants and provide adequate features to permit the operator to do so in a reasonably safe manner.
Realize, self-driving cars do not have to be perfect, just better than humans. Elevators are self-driving and no one worries about them because they are designed to be safe and the path has no bystanders. Motor vehicle accidents kill 40,000 people in the US each year, half of those being 100% preventable as drunk driving accidents. To be a complete cynic, let's say self-driving cars became ubiquitous so that all cars are self driving and still 1,000 people were killed each year by them. That's 39,000 people a year [u]not[/u] being killed.
Elevators and escalators seem safe, but they still kill 30 and injure 17,000 people a year in the US. Given that there are millions of trips taken on them yearly shows they are very safe, although they are not absolutely safe. There is still a minuscule risk of death and a slightly higher chance of injury.