XO-3b t1_j56y4nt wrote
Reply to comment by DarthBuzzard in Instead of escaping to virtual realities, what if we just made our reality as good as any virtual reality could be? by [deleted]
Not permanently, escapism is only fun because it's temporary. Believe it or not a lot of people actually enjoy life.
DarthBuzzard t1_j56yj6e wrote
Yes, but as others have mentioned in this thread, a perfectly realistic virtual world has everything the real world has to offer - except actual death and the fear of death in certain extreme activities - and even that could still be rigged up to induce death if you wanted.
You can have plenty of struggle and challenge that you need to overcome in fully immersive virtual worlds, but you also get to reduce that if you want, and get to reap the rewards far more often, and the selection of rewards is far more varied.
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