CronoDAS comments on Experiential Pica - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Alicorn 16 August 2009 09:23PM

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Comment author: thomblake 18 August 2009 02:03:41PM 0 points [-]

one could sit down and play WoW for the rest of one's life and, in theory, be perfectly happy about it

Not according to theories I'm familiar with.

It seems like such a person would have bad character; lacking acculturation to the relevant human virtues, one would miss out on essential parts of the good life.

But then, maybe WoW is a better proxy for social interaction and such than I'm giving it credit for.

Comment author: CronoDAS 18 August 2009 04:39:23PM 0 points [-]

Some people really do manage to get a high level of social interaction out of WoW; there are a lot of actual people involved that you can interact with, and the more difficult challenges tend to require the kind of organization and teamwork you'd find in a local sports team. On the other hand, I personally am not one of them.