I got the Apple Vision Pro. It’s awesome, but to be honest, it doesn’t do much, yet. It’s amazing hardware and software, but there are few built-in apps. It’ll grow and expand, but there’s just not a lot you can do with it yet.
There are two built-in experiences to sell you on how much potential it has to sell you on how incredible this thing can / will be. They both involve dinosaurs.
In one, a large dino comes into the room. It’s very impressive. In the other, you’re fully immersed in a scene of dinos and you can look around at all the scenery surrounding you. And this got me thinking…
What if I was a Young Earth Creationist who bought this? You know, those dummies who take the bible literally and think the earth is 5-6000 years old. The ones who think either fossils are a test of your faith by god or dinos roamed the earth with humans. How would these make such a person feel?
Personally, my first dream job, as a child, was to be an archaeologist, digging up dinos, so I loved both experiences. But if I thought this was all a lie from Satan, how let down might I feel when those are the best parts of my new, expensive toy?
This was my first thought when I awoke this morning. I’m typing it right after I woke so I don’t forget, such as we forget the details of dreams. Apologies for typos. I’m not proofreading it. I’m grabbing some caffeine and getting my day going. I just wanted to capture this silly, ironic idea. Btw, the AVP is still truly awesome and I don’t regret the purchase.
We could speculate all day about what these religious fucking idiots think about stuff. But why?
It was just a fun thought. I used the dino immersives to show my partner what the AVP could do to impress her with the experience. And I thought it was funny that some people might be all-in and then be let down by a contradiction.
A young-earth-creationist who was a friend (we were friends before I found out and this was >20y ago when things were less contentious) took me to a talk about “The Truth About Dinosaurs.” The speaker said they didn’t exist or were dragons in the bible and walked with people. I was gonna attack him in a one-on-one debate during QA. Somehow, we started talking about how we both loved Macs and I decided it wasn’t worth it; he was a nice guy and I wasn’t gonna change his mind and this was one-on-one, no one else would be swayed. What if he got an AVP and the “lie” was the most impressive demo?
It was a shower thought that happened outside the shower. I thought it was interesting.
TBH it sounds more like you are getting a little smug high off of a hypothetical situation with what would seem to be a caricature of a less educated, easily gulled person. Young Earthers can also enjoy Jurassic Park.
I lived with a YEC (didn’t know it when we moved in). He was one of the brightest people I’ve ever met, which made it extremely surprising when I learned his views. I wouldn’t share a home with someone I didn’t respect.
I think YECs can be well educated and still live in the dark. You might be projecting.