![]() The first mistake that a new reader would make is to watch Blade Runner and expect a novelization of that film it was LOOSELY based upon the book. just as even bad pizza and / or sex is still pretty good, bad PKD is as well. Dick's writing and though this is not one of his best, the "Pizza and Sex Rule" applies to him ie. I could say that I love Dick, but that would be weird. ![]() The fact that the media in the book debunked Mercerism doesn't matter, because the fact is that even though Mercerism may be created in a video studio, the emotions transmitted through the machine are real, and gives users something to believe in and hold onto in this depressing future. I guess the empathy box lets users feel what others feel, and these users are usually avid followers of "Mercerism" which is nothing more than a religion that allows people to connect spiritually. If I'm not wrong, in the book there's a part where Rick refuses to use the empathy box because his happiness in owning a real goat would then be shared with others whereas he would feel others' pain in the process. Dick that can connect users to each other and both transmit and receive emotions in a video simulation of this old chap Mercer walking up the mountain. ![]() I would say the empathy box is some kind of neural network predicted to be existent in the future by Philip K. (view spoiler) [From wiki: "The main Earth religion is Mercerism, in which Empathy Boxes link simultaneous users into a collective consciousness based on the suffering of Wilbur Mercer, a man who takes an endless walk up a mountain while stones are thrown at him, the pain of which the users share."
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