ShaggyJebus wrote...
g-money wrote...
ShaggyJebus wrote...
Of course, in the thread, nobody really thought of the clone as anything more than a tool for sex.
And this is why 4chan fails, and fails hard. It's possible that the clone might be the only salvation one can get in a situation as described. Unless you consider talking to your captors, which I doubt you can do, then the clone is only other person besides yourself to interact with.
Very true. A person can easily go insane without any human contact. I wonder how long that takes. Five years? Five months? Five weeks?
They tried an experiment like that to see how important social contact was, and after deeming one person psychologically able to go through with the experiment, they locked her away in an apartment with nothing but a calender to count the days, a few pieces of furniture, supplies of food and the camera to record her feelings. Thing is, there was nothing remotely resembling a human in that room, so they could accurately judge it.
If I remember correctly, she started off quite well, and after a week got pretty depressed, during the second week she couldn't sleep and went a little crazy, and after almost three weeks ended the experiment, breaking down in tears after she got into the street and could see people.
If you factor in the clone and the luxury of getting anything you ask for in exchange for all human contact for 20 years, it might be possible, but still not likely. I'd love to do that though, as long as I still had good ol' TV and internet (though I suppose they would cut off all ways of communication through it).