The Black Mirror series is considered to embody deep thinking, often from its black-and-white plot setting. Although such a setting looks very happy, it is not easy to hold from a real scientific point of view. Note that I am not speaking from a sci-fi point of view. From a sci-fi point of view, I should be a little more forgiving. After all, the theme is entertainment. But I'm not speaking from a purely scientific point of view, because I'm not looking for bugs in physics, chemistry, logic, etc. that exist in the story.
Fantasy sci-fi events such as Black Mirror are often based on the emergence of a "black technology" to discuss the ethical issues that will arise, focusing on "technical sci-fi", but this often ignores "system sci-fi" When the world took into account the advancement of technology, various functions were added to the future life, but never thought that society would also progress, and interpersonal relationships, laws, morals, etc. would also improve. As an entertainment product, "Black Mirror" actually does a good job, because it only focuses on the individual in the story, and uses the personal predicament to convey the fear of technological progress. The entire social background is attached to this individual's story. Rather than deriving individual stories from the setting of the entire social context, the social context is brushed aside, and such treatment is the choice of most sci-fi stories.
The point is that science fiction stories will be even better if they can make the entire social background a "scientific fantasy" on the basis of well-written personal stories. As for the story of this Christmas special, if the technology that can block others really appears in our society, it will inevitably cause public reactions, which will lead to changes in legislation, judicial enforcement, and law enforcement. If the male protagonist is blocked from meeting, Then there will inevitably be a lawyer who can take such a case. The male protagonist can take the initiative to request a lawsuit with his wife through a third party. The law will not always stand on the side of the shielding party. Long-term shielding will be considered cold and violent, and maybe it will be introduced. The law stipulates that after actively blocking the other party for a certain period of time, it is considered to be filing for divorce, etc.; the male protagonist in the film was judged by the government not to enter within a few meters of his wife because of entanglement with his wife. It is naturally very "unscientific" for people such as lawyers to intervene.
The second is the story of the "copy". The film focuses on the torture of the copy, which raises the question of whether consciousness can be regarded as a life. The film is blurred, blurring the difference between the replica and the real person, it believes that consciousness can be regarded as a life in a complete sense. But is this the case? Maybe the dungeon can only think about the thinking of the ontology in the copying stage, maybe, for example, if you ask the dungeon a question about killing a dog, it may not be able to think about it. Ask it about those who test the androids in "Blade Runner" Question, how will it answer? Must there be an emotional response? Besides, if there is no substance, how can there be painful feelings? As we all know, our human body must rely on hormones or substances such as dopamine in order to feel joy, pain, and emotions. Without these substances, would we still feel pain? The copy does not have these substances, and the glands that produce these substances, can we still torture it? Taking a step back, if consciousness can also be regarded as a complete living body with complete thoughts, there may be substantial lawyers who will choose to defend them, and the legislation may also favor them.
The above are just some of my nitpicking thoughts, and they can't change the beauty of the show "Black Mirror".
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