Yeah Jim, I was trying to be humorous and light-hearted about the subject, but it really got me thinking about the possibility of the amount of NPCs existing in this potentially programmed reality. My problem is that I probably think too much and my brain tends to work overtime on such subjects. If you look around at the general population, however, so many people seem to fit into certain stereotypes, where their behaviour seems almost predictable (dare I say programmed). When I go out for a beer to my local pub, I end up trying to engage people in conversation about the nature of reality, or space exploration, or death (a favourite of mine), and as soon as I open my mouth I am shot down in flames for being either depressing, manically obsessive, or out of my goddamned mind, even though I try and tackle the subject with cynical light-hearted humour.
Then they all go back to watching the football, or talking about football, or celebrities, or some other mindless gibberish that doesn't require much thought process at all. Every so often I bump into someone with whom I can discuss these issues, and usually they are regarded by the masses as mentally unstable also. When that happens, I relish in it, because you can almost feel the levels of discomfort and confusion increase around you.
Ekuma1981, I have on occasion brought up the possibility that if this is a programmed reality then she might be an NPC, and whilst that would probably warrant a hefty slap in the face from any of my previous girlfriends, this one doesn't even seem slightly perturbed by the possibility at all.
Tracy, she ain't no Zen Master. Trust me on that.
On another note altogether - and I should perhaps probably start another thread about this - in the last couple of years I've been experiencing a lot of sleep paralysis. It's happening almost every couple of weeks now, and the experiences leave me feeling as though I'm familiar with some of the scenarios that occur within my dreams - as though some of my dreams are a continuation of something I've experienced before. It's not that these feel like they are a continuation of a previous dream I've had, but I awake from the sleep paralysis (usually forcing myself awake because I get scared) feeling as though the dream events are a continuation of something I've actually experienced in reality. It kinda got me thinking about our past being altered with some kind of software patch, where you wouldn't be aware that your past had been altered. It feels like the sleep paralysis allows me to access erased memories. As the day goes on this feeling diminishes.
Don't worry, I'm not going crazy about this or anything. It's just an interesting thought experiment to me to consider the possibility of this. It's all fascinating to me, and rather enjoyable if I don't let myself get too obsessed about it.
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