[CLIP]
> > There would also be a group of people who would be thinking "Hmmm, OK, we're
> > inside this virtual world, generated by a computer. Can we do any of the
> > following:
> >
> > 1) Escape into the 'real' world?
> > 2) Move into other virtual worlds if they exist?
> > 3) Change the programme for our own world?
> > 4) Create our own 'perfect' world to live in?"
> >
> > Those are the people who would be most memetically affected by such a situation.
>
> How do these people differ from the religious fanatics of today?
>
> 1) Know the mind of God.
> 2) Go to Heaven.
> 3) Have God grant their prayers.
> 4) Enjoin the Apocalypse and bring about Heaven-on-Earth.
Let me refine these [it helps to have immersive experience]:
1) Have 2-way real-time conversations with God.
2) Go to Heaven, and return to Earth to tell others about it.
3) Have God listen to one's pitifully limited request, and grant a
better thing than what one requested.
4) Live in Heaven-on-Earth *now*, while looking for the Great Escape
because the Apocalypse need not be enjoined, it needs to be staved off!
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