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Are We Living A Game? - With the Sims and other similar games you gotta wonder sometimes.

 
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:) I really enjoy games like The Sims where I can control the environment and what the people do. Its kind of freaky though how sometimes my own life correlates with that game a little too much. Just like the Sims or any other simulator game I have a certain amount of freedom to do what I want. But every once in a while I feel like I am being forced into circumstances that I can not stand or seemingly have no control over. It sometimes feels like I am being directed what to do.

Sometimes I wonder just how much of our lives do we really have control over. There is so much in our environment and lives that has an influence on what we do, say and act on. I occasionally wonder if we are a bunch of pawns on someones chess board. LOL

I am not sure if anyone else remembers the movie Tron? Well that was a movie about people who were forced to live a game while someone else was controlling them and did not know it. Freaking amazing concept for the time. I was very facinated by the idea. There have been other movies that have used games as a way to control people's lives. Last Starfighter used a video game to find the last starfighter pilot to save the world lol.

Anything that involves the possibility of someone or something else controling us facinates me. I think that the Sims is very much the closest to that feeling most people get sometimes. Its weird really how we can be controlled by outside influences. LOL

   Sat Jul 8, 2006    Reply         

Sometimes it does feel like that, but I think we usually have a choice. If your friend says, "do you want to ride this ride?" and you know that you will puke, you say no. You have a lot of choices, but sometimes those choices can result in an unexpected event. So after you say no to the coaster, you may bump into a trash can and fall into it. So I think we have choices at some points, but our choices can lead to more choices or events that were meant to happen. I hope that makes sense.







   Sat Jul 8, 2006    Reply         

Well, if someone's controlling my life like The Sims, it must be a pretty boring game, since all I do is sit on the computer all day long.

I don't think that live is a video game, hologram, dream, etc.

   Sun Jul 9, 2006    Reply         


I dont know if this is the right question, how about if we were to ask "are we living a dream?".

We all know the saying "life is too short", maybe thats because it only lasts 1 night, every day we wake up somewhere else, as someone different and live a day the lenght of a lifetime, ready to go to bed and dream someone elses life, that'd be awsome!

   Sun Jul 9, 2006    Reply         

QUOTE (canlspelt)


I dont know if this is the right question, how about if we were to ask "are we living a dream?".

We all know the saying "life is too short", maybe thats because it only lasts 1 night, every day we wake up somewhere else, as someone different and live a day the lenght of a lifetime, ready to go to bed and dream someone elses life, that'd be awsome!

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Well, if you believe in God that ties in pretty well to this. In that case there is a spiritual battle going on all around us where Satan is trying to maintain his hold on us through all his worldly powers as God tries to draw us to Him and the purpose of a relationship with Him for which we were initially created.

What's more, it makes this world and this life nothing more then a testing ground for the true realities, to see which of the 2 eternal realms we will inhabit, one with God or one apart from Him. Look around, are there ironies in life to the point that they can't be explained away as mere coincidence? And if so, when and why did they start appearing?

As for the idea of waking up every day as someone else, how then does memory tie into that? And what about when we stay away for more then a full day? <_< You could always test that theory and stay awake longer tonight.

   Mon Jul 10, 2006    Reply         

Well it's a thought and noone can say whether or not it is what the universe really is, although if life really was a dream, why are there such physical constraints as there are? If it were a dream, wouldn't the possibilities be limitless?

   Wed Jul 12, 2006    Reply         


Hmm I feel very sorry for the person controlling me.

   Wed Jul 12, 2006    Reply         

Heh, I've actually thought about something quite similar to what you seem to have been thinking about.

Actually it's a bit different.. The way you seem to be picturing it someone, something, or some people (or some things, I suppose =p) are actually controlling you. I sort of changed it, as the thing that I used to think about is us being a part of another person's dream. So we're being controlled by a person's subconcious. He/she/it has some sort of choice as to what happens, in a general fashion, but it's also out of control of the person controlling.

And then, if the idea I have is true, that would mean that the person dreaming us probably lives in another society and/or population. What about that? Is he living in someone else's dream as well? The subconcious of someone who is the sobconcious of someone else... Weird. Yet, in a way, quite cool. I'm loving this.

And then what happens when the person wakes up? I always imaged, as a kid, that when the person is awake we are asleep. But then, what about the person he's being dreamed by? And what about us, compared to that person?

Kind of a scary thought, isn't it? I <3 infinite possibilities... Hehe.

   Wed Jul 12, 2006    Reply         

I've actually thought about this quite a lot... to be honest, sometimes I start to think that this whole world is a massive RPG. But you know why I don't believe this is true?

  1. No Respawning
  2. No known glitches
  3. The world never "lags"
  4. The graphics technology required to power such a realistic simulation would have to be more powerful then almost anything in the universe. Especially when you consider it is not just "our world" that exists.
However, there is some truth as to this matter of us being controlled like a Sims game: A group of Scientists have recently tried to prove the belief that we all have free will. However, they are so far unable to prove it, due to the discovery that the mind makes decisions seconds before we are conscious of our decisions.

   Wed Jul 12, 2006    Reply         

QUOTE (NDPA)


I've actually thought about this quite a lot... to be honest, sometimes I start to think that this whole world is a massive RPG. But you know why I don't believe this is true?

  1. No Respawning
  2. No known glitches
  3. The world never "lags"
  4. The graphics technology required to power such a realistic simulation would have to be more powerful then almost anything in the universe. Especially when you consider it is not just "our world" that exists.
However, there is some truth as to this matter of us being controlled like a Sims game: A group of Scientists have recently tried to prove the belief that we all have free will. However, they are so far unable to prove it, due to the discovery that the mind makes decisions seconds before we are conscious of our decisions.

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Well accuallty i have something to tell you, the question was are we living in a game. what if this wasn't a game, but reletivity it looks as if it is or was. Now the facts consider what if this game was being ran by a different race... like aliens. than your Online gaming wouldn't be available. and glitching is very possible. Birth defects, chemical reactions, etc. Not the ordinary kind but yes things that arent supposed to happen in out minds that is. What if i told you there was a new world order that controlled everything, and were are sacrifices for its pitiful game? would you believe me, probably not. But rationally this is most likely true, but can we prove it? No we can't and thats the sad part of this philosophy.

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

QUOTE (NDPA)


I've actually thought about this quite a lot... to be honest, sometimes I start to think that this whole world is a massive RPG. But you know why I don't believe this is true?

  1. No Respawning
  2. No known glitches
  3. The world never "lags"
  4. The graphics technology required to power such a realistic simulation would have to be more powerful then almost anything in the universe. Especially when you consider it is not just "our world" that exists.
However, there is some truth as to this matter of us being controlled like a Sims game: A group of Scientists have recently tried to prove the belief that we all have free will. However, they are so far unable to prove it, due to the discovery that the mind makes decisions seconds before we are conscious of our decisions.

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Interesting. Yet we can examine ourselves to find out what those decisions were, and even though we don't know our thoughts of mind and heart that well, we can better by examining ourself. And by doing so, we can become more conscious of our decisions and thus seek to change them.

I suppose the argument is if our mind makes decisions before we are conscious of them we can't have free will. But aren't those mind decisions often made based on the conscious choices or decisions made moments before? So even though we may not be conscious of the decision, it is based on the free will choice of what to think about a moment before.

So say I'm not conscious of what decision my mind just made about reading this. But then because of reading this I think about it and think, and based on thorough deliberation decide to examine who I am in further detail and what makes me tick. That choice to do so may have been made before I had "conscious" knowledge of it but was still made because of my conscious decision based on deliberation to pursue a given topic. We are always free to deliberate and think over something, which I think renders that "mind makes decisions seconds before we are conscious of them" a moot point....

Did that make any sense? <_< lol

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

I'm surprised you likened this to the Sims, and not to a more appropriate match like the Matrix.

Our bodies are all really plugged in to a great artificial intelligence grid where they harvest our body heat for power, and our brains are plugged in to a giant simulation world called the matrix. The matrix simulates this entire world we're living in right now, so we wouldn't know any different.

There are glitches in the matrix, though. Every time you experience a Deja Vu, the code in the matrix repeated itself. And of course, there are rogue programs and the One, but we won't get into that on these forums <_<

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

I know Sims 2 is a great game, but damn people...you can never compare a game with an humnbeings life. We can't be controlled, we have our own mind. It's not like someone can click on the fridge and we go and start eating. All the things happening in your life you have control over, except faith.

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

We're not comparing the game the sims directly to real life. we're just imagining the concepts that are present within the sims in real life. quite fun.

And the person who posted about no respawning points... that really cracked me up <_<

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

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And the person who posted about no respawning points... that really cracked me up <_<
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Yeah, that was me. And I laughed when I first thought of it aswell.

   Thu Jul 13, 2006    Reply         

Oh come on, life is not a game. Life is just nothing more than... [paused]

*beep*
CrapoArtworks has leveled up!
*beep*
Strength increased!
*beep*
Intelligence increased!
*beep*
Hit points increased!
*beep*

[unpaused] .....I stand corrected. :)

   Sun Jul 23, 2006    Reply         

I just hope noone goes into build mode and puts walls around me....

lol jk, but yeah, the thing is, how can we possibly know if life is a game or not...

-eternal

   Sun Jul 23, 2006    Reply         

We can't, but the concept doesn't have any solid proof backing it, and personally, I only believe things that can be/have been scientficially proven.

As for the bugs, lag, etc. I wouldn't say that the world we live in is completely bug/lag-free. A lot of wierd things happen that cannot be explained, which could be bugs, and as for lag, it has been proven that in tense situations, time seems (note: seems) to slow down for the person in said situation (in a test, a counter displaying numbers that changed too rapidly for a human to see were made to bungee-jump backwards off a bridge while staring at the clock and during the fall they managed to make out the numbers).

   Sun Jul 23, 2006    Reply         

I have often asked myself the question. If your looking at it from a gaming stand point, life is a sim. The only difference between real life and a game is that, the punishments in real life are alot worse than in a game.

   Sun Jul 23, 2006    Reply         

Depends. I don't get hacked to bits in real life, nor do I have to stand as a one-man army with all the forces of evil coming for me alone.

Seriously, though, games are based off reality (in essence), so that is why games are like a milder version of reality. They help us forget how much reality sucks (in some cases) or how great the imagination can be.

   Mon Jul 24, 2006    Reply         

Hmm...ive never thought of life to be like a game before. This does remind of times where things happen that i have no control over, it kinda makes me feel weak in a way knowing that someone or somthing has total control over you and you cant do anything about it.....very annoying if you think about it enough.

   Mon Jul 24, 2006    Reply         

Well, it would be best if people did not, as a majority, consider life to be a video game. If they do, they may try some very odd things and blame the "Great Gamer" for forcing them to do said deeds.

I think I smell a religion.

   Mon Jul 24, 2006    Reply         

Lol its neat to know that there are other people that think like this also, cept for us.... very complicated codec wood be needed for the game

   Sat Jul 29, 2006    Reply         

I sometimes think that aliens with high intelligence and great technologies are controling us.... (lol pray to the aliens and see if it works...)

   Sat Jul 29, 2006    Reply         

Yea... maybe your right... Maybe we're all characters in the biggest MMORPG in the universe <_< ... Like a normal life Rpg... :P

   Thu Aug 24, 2006    Reply         

the guy whos sitting at his computer running my life from his computer game is really skrewing me over. And I hope he's reading this.... i mean serously... at least try to do good at the game..

Now to find cheat codes for real life...
lol <_<

   Fri Aug 25, 2006    Reply         

Unless the universe is a whole lot larger that we'd imagined it, I'd say it is pretty hard to believe we're elements of a game. For one, assuming that the state of every particle in our universe in "stored" in some kind of memory, then this super-universe would have to be infinitely larger than ours. Even just assuming 1-superAtom to 1-particle ratio in storing data, it'd still be... I dunno how to decribe it 'coz BIG doesn't even begin to approximate it.

However, if this super-universe (meaning our "controller's" universe) operates outside our laws of physics, for example by using magic, or a totally different set of laws, then it might be possible.

As a kid, I've always wondered if the stars I see at night are actually composed of the same atoms as everything else or if those were just programmed on the night sky, on telescope lenses and on radio telescopes. It'd be somewhat like The Matrix or The Truman Show <_<

However, if the universe itself is, indeed, a game, perhaps the players are the denizens of it themselves. I, for one, believe that I play myself and, using various tools at my disposal, I also have an ability to "play" or influence other people's lives. The reverse is also true, I can be played for a fool, played up, played down or made to run hither and thither at the whims of other people.

   Fri Aug 25, 2006    Reply         

Lol, this is getting too close to the matrix!

I once had an idea, after watching The Truman Show, that I was living in a TV series and i was being watched, and everytime me and my family went on holiday abroad, we would just fly around in circles, and eventualy the "set" where I live would change to the holiday village or whatever. But as I grew older and more wiser, I noticed things like: The internet would be to big to replicate for a TV series, people would try to contact me, like on The Truman show, to tell me it was all fake and that I would be boring to watch on TV as i don't do much <_<

Sorry for spelling ^^^ it's early and my eyes arn't focusing properly!

   Fri Aug 25, 2006    Reply         

interesting !

   Fri Aug 25, 2006    Reply         

There is this book but I've forgoten the who the author is. The book is called "The Game Of Life And How To Play It". Maybe you have heared of this book. When you are born the game starts. When life gets tough it is just an obstacle you must overcome. You then progress to the next level of maturaty or what ever you want to call it. When you die it is game over. Remember you only get one life which you start the game with so look after it.

   Fri Aug 25, 2006    Reply         

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