Stories

[Spheroid]

Not too many people seem to post original stories on this thread. Last I saw was MalReynold's "A Short Play." Why I'm bringing this up is because I really enjoyed reading what he had written. It's just too bad that hardly anyone posts their stories. This thread is my plan to try and change this.

]Basically post a story of yours on this thread. I'll go first:

Because I'm that sort of person, I need to say that this is a rough draft; it has not been edited once. Also, it was written in one night, and I was lazy on the title. Please enjoy!

The Story

“The world is made up of pixels,� a professor said to his class. “Most pixels are clear. These clear pixels are areas devoid of matter. All objects are made up of lighted pixels. Your eyes pick up the nearest pixel for each spot in a two dimensional range from them.� . . .
On and on the professor went, the students all listening and taking notes. The programmers monitoring the area were laughing hysterically. They were watching their own world with real people, and watching actual people accept the crazy laws of their universe was unbelievable.
These people were all trapped inside a virtual reality machine, which could perfectly emulate real life and more. Many impossible sciences were available to these citizens. Teleportation, shrink rays, and completely immersive video games just to name a few. Other impossibilities were realities too. The only way for any of them to die is from old age. No matter what happens, these people are always insured complete safety and complete freedom. For these people, this was reality, for they had been locked up in the machine since birth, and didn’t know of any other type of life.
Permanent virtual reality has raised many questions in the world. Even though it has engulfed a quarter of Earth’s population, much controversy still exists. Sci-fi analysts still argue that it is suicide to let machines completely rule our lives, but this argument was dismissed by most world leaders because it is impossible to think that man-made devices will turn on humans, especially when they’re programmed not to anything like it.
Although the scientist’s debate has already been adjourned, religion still will not give in. Preacher John Marrows has given this famous speech many times:
“If we allow ourselves to be pulled into this virtual reality, we will destroy all meaning of our lives. There will be no such thing as good or bad deeds. Anything we do to help someone else is something he or she could do on his or her own. Any sins we do are not really sins because they do no harm.�
These words have caused ongoing protests against the technology. It’s shocking to believe that humanity has devised a way to destroy the purpose of life, and is at risk of doing so.
A new argument proposed by the renowned philosopher Harrison Levven has caught the attention of many. Hi s famous words are as follows:
“One main key thing virtual reality provides us with is complete safety and freedom. Before this, safety and freedom were always conflicting; you could never have the full extent of both. This still holds true today. By being in virtual reality, you are surrendering all of your freedom to the machine and its operators. You are giving away more freedom than any other person gave away throughout all of history. The machine controls everything you see, smell, touch, learn, taste, and hear. I beg of you, the people, to please stop the full development of this technology at all costs.�

Of course, as any great thinker could tell you, virtual reality is fated to continue development until it engulfs the globe. Why? – Because they’ve done the same thing countless times beforehand. All the people are doing is surrendering their freedom for something that looks good, yet surrendering freedom is what has put many countries in the past into jeopardy. What might it do to the world?


A professor droned on to his class, “The world is made up of atoms. Most atoms are too spread out to see. They make up the air around you. Objects are made up of more densely packed atoms. Your eyes are able to see this matter because the atoms are close enough together. The color . . .



It might have been a little odd, but it's just a rough draft anyway.

If you post on this thread, please do it for one of the following three reasons:

1. You are posting a story

2. You are giving constructive, non-flaming critisizm to one of the stories.

3. You are giving a good argument to why this kind of thread is a good or bad idea (there is always the copywright issue).

I really would like to hear what people think of this thread. It may be a terrible idea, I don't know.