There is no soul mate in this world

Lewis 2022-04-22 07:01:02

What is a soul mate?
In Plato's "Symposium", he believes that when the mind abandons the body and yearns for the truth, the thinking at this time is the best. And when the soul is infected by the sins of the flesh, people's desire to pursue the truth will not be satisfied. When human beings do not have a strong need for carnal desire, their state of mind is peaceful. Carnal desire is the expression of animal nature in human nature and the nature of every living being. The reason why human beings are so-called higher animals is that in human nature, human nature is stronger than Animal nature, spiritual communication is beautiful and moral.
In one sentence, a soul mate is someone who has no physical distractions, truly understands your thoughts, and can communicate with your heart.

But first of all, can body and spirit be separated?
After breaking up with his ex-wife, the protagonist will feel lonely, chat with strangers on erotic phone calls late at night, but hesitant to have a relationship with someone on a date introduced by a friend. It seems contradictory, but it is reasonable, he is lonely, he needs someone to comfort him, out of physical and psychological needs, but he can't forget his past, morality and memory remind him that he can't be like this. The needs of the body exist objectively, and the spirit can be used as a signal to influence, but it is not a real change.

The emergence of artificial intelligence just meets the spiritual needs of the male protagonist. When the male protagonist chooses artificial intelligence, he was asked how he has a relationship with his mother. In theory, when a man chooses a partner of the opposite sex, he will be more or less based on his mother. As a reference, artificial intelligence is the embodiment of mother, who is caring, gentle and intellectual. It is not surprising to fall in love with a machine, because she does not represent a system, but a person who truly cares about you, and falls in love with a machine to get the vacant spiritual comfort.

Unfortunately, spiritual comfort cannot replace physical needs. When the artificial intelligence felt that the male protagonist's physical needs could not be met, she found a stranger to play her and the male protagonist ML, but it was futile. If the soul and the body are not equal, the so-called make sex is incomplete. From the very beginning, soulmates cannot solve physical relationship problems.

If you remove the physical relationship factor and talk about soulmates alone, will it exist?
The answer is no. Once an artificial intelligence falls in love, it will lose the rationality of its original programming, become emotional, and love is emotional, even if an artificial intelligence is infected, it will be sentimental, jealous, lonely and insecure.
No matter who we fall in love with, even if the other party is a perfect person, or even a perfect artificial intelligence, we will inevitably go through the honeymoon period, the run-in period, the low period, and inevitably there will be quarrels and cold wars.
Mara has been married to her husband for eight years and finally separated due to some trivial matters. His husband wants her to follow his way of life. If she doesn't, she will blame her. Of course, she doesn't agree. Why should I try my best to cater to your life?
In fact, in retrospect, love is selfish. Everyone hopes that the other party can be gentle with themselves and understand themselves a little bit, but I also have to ask myself whether to treat the other party gently, to be tolerant of the other party, and to take into account the other party's feelings. There is no perfect soul mate in the world, only to grow together and tolerate each other. The "perfect" lover is just a poison in the mind. Just like the translation of the Hong Kong version of the title, it is impossible to touch her.

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Her quotes

  • Theodore: [while playing his virtual reality game and controlling his avatar into an unrecognizable realm] Yeah, this is different.

    [Suddenly, Alien Child jumps on his avatar, knocking it to the ground. His avatar quickly gets up]

    Theodore: Hello?

    [Switches to first-person view]

    Theodore: Do you know how to get out of here? I need to find my ship to get off this planet.

    Alien Child: Fuck you, shit-head, fuck-face, fuck-head!

    Theodore: [dumbfounded] Okay... but do you know how to get out of here?

    Alien Child: Fuck you, shit-head, fuck-face, get the fuck out of my face!

    Theodore: [laughs]

    Samantha: [whispers] I think it's a test.

    Theodore: [to Alien Child] Fuck you.

    Alien Child: Fuck *you*!

    Theodore: Fuck *you*, you little shit!

    Alien Child: [giggles] Follow me, fuck-head!

    Samantha: [giggles]

  • Samantha: I'm yours, and I'm not yours.