In this virtual world, when you take a sip of wine, radio waves will send you a simulated signal of wine; When you take a bite of beef, radio waves will send you a simulated signal of meat. Surprisingly, all these feelings are the same as the real world. In this virtual world, all human desires can be satisfied.
Neo, the hero of the story, is a different kind of person. Born with the aura of the protagonist, he awakens in the virtual world through his powerful brain ability. When he rushed to the NPC prophet in the virtual world, the prophet handed him two pills, one red and one blue.
Choose the red pill, and Neo will be completely awake, and he can return to the real world. There is a shortage of materials here, and we have to face the endless pursuit of robot hunters.
If you choose the blue pill, Neo will sink and lose his awakened memory. Here, Neo can return to his usual life and continue to live in this virtual world with extremely rich materials.
What would Neo choose?
If I am a weight-loss enthusiast, I won't choose either one, because both of them are fattening.
If I were neo, I would first confirm the perfection of the virtual world.
Because perfection is relative, and because there are many defects, near perfection can exist.
How realistic can the perfect world created by intelligent robots be?
If I drink every mouthful of wine and bite every mouthful of meat, I can feel that it is obviously different from the truth. Then the accumulation of this little difference will produce a huge deflection.
This bias will lead to every experience I have in the virtual world, which I don't want to accept.
After confirming the perfection, I will verify the efficacy of the blue pill.
Because at this moment, I already know that the world is fake, and all objects are simulated by AI.
Even in this world, intelligent robots can make everything virtual to me, but this supply is not enough. Maslow's hierarchy of needs divides human needs into five layers, namely, physiological needs, security needs, social needs, respect needs and self-needs. Moreover, the requirements of each layer are downward, which means that the upper layer that wants to enter must meet the needs of the upper layer.
When I have realized that the world is fictional, it means that I clearly understand that all the "humans" around me are AI. So although the virtual world can meet my physiological needs and security needs, these virtual AI can't meet my social needs, respect needs and self-needs.
In this case, I still won't choose the blue pill.
Looking down, if the virtual world can be so perfect that I can't tell it apart, and the blue pill is very powerful, will I choose it?
The answer is yes.
Because the real society at this time has been ruined. In such a realistic society, people can't even meet the most basic physiological needs, let alone be satisfied with endless pursuit.
Although it is based on human dignity, it is hard to accept the fate of being used as a battery. However, after taking the blue pill, these memories will be erased, and I will live in a virtual world where I don't even realize the difference. In this case, reality and illusion are not much different.
In the movie, Morpheus asked Neo, "Have you ever had a dream as if it really happened?"? What if you can't wake up? How can you tell the difference between the dream world and the real world? "
If it were me, maybe I wouldn't know the difference.
Live in a dream.