RE: What should John do?
September 13, 2015 at 8:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2015 at 9:02 pm by strawberryBacteria.)
(September 13, 2015 at 8:46 pm)Darkstar Wrote: but if these people posses actual sentience rather than the mere illusion of it, then this 'game' has frightening moral implications. Or maybe that was your point...
Yup, that's the spice of the story
(September 13, 2015 at 8:46 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Maybe John could compromise and have them rescued by aliens? Aliens with crazy technology that resets the star to an age where the civilization could mature and escape in time.
May I ask why how/why you came up with this particular scenario?
That's a pretty creative way around John's dilemma, I wouldn't have thought of that
Well, I like good hard sci-fi stories with bits of personal dilemmas in them, so I thought of writing a short one and posting it here for the fun of a healthy collaborative brainstorming!
(September 13, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Losty Wrote: Simulated reality...sure I can see that. With actual sentient beings somehow living inside it....for real? No. What is the purpose of the exercise? What are you actually trying to learn from us? How would we behave if we were god?
No, I just wanted to know what people think of how John should tackle his personal dilemma. (and what's the purpose of the offtopic section if not for something like this!
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