Subjective experiences interest me.
A research firm calls. They want you to volunteer to be a research subject for mind altering experiments. They offer ten million dollars in compensation.
If you say yes now, keep reading. If not, drop a comment for me as to why, please.
The study will last the rest of life. You will live in a resort like hospital, and be free to leave at anytime. If things go badly, then your health will be taken care of, according to the wishes you lay out now.
If no now, comment below. If yes, read on.
This is a complete roll of the dice as to how it will affect you. You could have nothing in you change, really. You could become smarter, you could develop a mental illness. Death, immortality, everything is on the table.
No, comments. Yes, keep going.
The first portion of the testing will be a treatment that will alter the way you react to things. You will find that you are content all the time, even deliriously happy when appropriate. Things just won’t bother you, and you’ll always be happy.
No, comments. Yes, keep going.
The next portion of the testing will be taking some various chemicals at increasing dosages, while your health is carefully monitored. You will be expected to record your state of mind and thoughts on an hourly basis.
No, comments. Yes, keep going.
The next part of the testing will involve chemical and gene therapy on your brain, directly, to overcome the blood-brain barrier. You will be anesthetized and, due to earlier testing, happy.
No, comments. Yes, keep going.
The final stage of the testing, they surgically implant devices into your brain that allow you to directly interface with it. You can have experiences akin to the Matrix, instantly learning things, experiencing anything you want while jacked in.
The devices can’t be removed, but you will have the choice to leave the Matrix at any time, and you are not required to ever use it again.
No, comments. Yes, keep going.
Your experiences and thoughts will be constantly recorded and uploaded to a research computer. It will include data that will enable them to experience your every moment, as you, believing that they are you while experiencing it.
This effect will happen while you are in the Matrix, and and outside of it. You can ask that they delete it all on delivery.
Comments, please. My opinion on this will be in the comments as well. There are no wrong answers, and if you don’t want your responses published, just note it in your comment.
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