If Super Mario was conscious

[Kubia]

If Super Mario was a conscious character, it will be useful for him to know that "he" was made out of pixel? That everything he know was made of pixels, and ultimately he doesn't really exist, and everything is an illusion, a hologram?

That will drop his motivation to save the "princess"? Or he will just do it anyway but knowing it's just a game? 

At the end of the day, there will be some difference in his path?

[Anton_Pierre]

@Kubia @Kubia

I just imagine mario turning around and staring at the screen, no longer being controled by the gamer in a state of pure being, fully aware he is just pixels.

[Truth Addict]

@Kubia @Anton_Pierre

It's actually quite interesting who controls the other, me or Mario.

"Press start to play". -- Super Mario 64

Another beautiful strange-loop.

Edited April 6, 2019 by Truth Addict

[Billy Shears]

What if we were also just characters like Super Mario in a virtual reality being controlled by a higher force? What if this virtual reality was so advanced that the characters are actually conscious and think they are real and in control? 

[Nahm]

@Kubia Mario’d realize Kubia is the pixels. 

[mandyjw]

I feel that this question is perfect as it is without answers. 

But a part of me still wants to know the answer. 

[cetus]

[Kubia]

18 hours ago, Anton_Pierre said:

@Kubia @Kubia

I just imagine mario turning around and staring at the screen, no longer being controled by the gamer in a state of pure being, fully aware he is just pixels.

It's a possibility! But his nature of pixels will change his path, knowing there is no princess to save? If everything is just pixels why the illusion of Super Mario and the Princess in the first place?

 

4 hours ago, Billy Shears said:

What if we were also just characters like Super Mario in a virtual reality being controlled by a higher force? What if this virtual reality was so advanced that the characters are actually conscious and think they are real and in control? 

It can be. Maybe if you have infinite computational power, you can predict the environment and the brain response, ultimately there is no free will at all. It's like a super complex chemical reaction. 

 

4 hours ago, Nahm said:

@Kubia Mario’d realize Kubia is the pixels. 

Why?  

 

 

2 hours ago, mandyjw said:

I feel that this question is perfect as it is without answers. 

But a part of me still wants to know the answer. 

Yeah, i was writing this down not necessarily to have an answer from the others, but i'm glad someone shared his 2 cent.

[Nahm]

19 minutes ago, Kubia said:

Why?

Because Mario is The Truth.