…you woke up in some kind of pod, a technician disconnected you from it and said, “Well, how was it?”
Your entire life was a simulation. You were the only living being in it, so it wasn’t a shared simulation. It was purely for recreation by the way. It wasn’t forced upon you.
This is what I normally assume anyway. And once I’m back up there on the next level after being disconnected, I’ll figure that one is a fake world too.
What IS the first Sci-fi story for that concept? I know the Matrix guys supposedly ripped off Grant Morrison, (Not sure if it was the Doom Patrol story about everyone having bugs on the back of their heads or a different one)
But I can’t remember any early stories about either simulations or a person discovering that he’s God* and that he made everything.
*My other theory. I’m pretty sure either I’m God or this is a simulation. Either way, you guys aren’t real. Sorry.
edit: Wait…wait…I do remember the TZ episode with Dennis Weaver as a condemned man. That was similar. And I think Alice in Wonderland touches on it.
I think I would say, “Oh yes, good program thanks” and then wait for whatever debriefing they had in store for me to help me reintegrate into society, or go for round two or whatever happens next. My philosophy has always been to make do as best as I can with whatever life throws at me so this would just be the next great adventure.
No, including that. You have absolutely no proof a world exists outside your head. Other people are no more or less objectively real than ocean waves or Tinker Toys.
Quite convincing, if a bit dull within its own context. Drop the veil just a little more so the user can at least remember he is immortal in that world. It will encourage adventure and minimize sub-escaping into video games.
Or were you referring to the transposition of the roles of humans & cats? Because that was almost believable, ludicrous as the concept is.
Sound rather “Total Recall”-esque. (the Arnold one, never saw the Farrell one)
I suppose it would depend on what my frame of reference was- the “real” life, or the simulation. If my “real” memories (pre-pod) came back, then it would probably be slotted into being a VERY real simulation, but if my frame of reference was only the simulation, I’d probably think I was going crazy.