Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp...
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:47AM
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Define "coolest".
If parts of reality are better than others this is probably due to internal responses. Every bit of sense-data modifies the internal brain state.
It follows that with sufficient control we can modify the brain, or the sense-data to create an experience akin to the coolest parts of whatever way of life we make.
Your considerations on whether synthetic reality is better, and whether all reality is effectively synthetic will then inform your conclusion on this meaning a modified view can always in theory beat reality.
In practice one will probably just chase a bigger high until the high is so risky that it eventually kills you.
If parts of reality are better than others this is probably due to internal responses. Every bit of sense-data modifies the internal brain state.
It follows that with sufficient control we can modify the brain, or the sense-data to create an experience akin to the coolest parts of whatever way of life we make.
Your considerations on whether synthetic reality is better, and whether all reality is effectively synthetic will then inform your conclusion on this meaning a modified view can always in theory beat reality.
In practice one will probably just chase a bigger high until the high is so risky that it eventually kills you.