Victor Pelevin. iPhuck 10 (№ 304506)

If people create these themselves mind, able to suffer, that sooner or later you will see that the steady-state condition better unpredictable changing flow of sensory information, colored by pain. What will he do? Yes, just turn off itself. Disconnect the mysterious World of the Mind from their "landing markers". To verify this, just look in the sterile depths of space. Even advanced algorithms of the earth, who offered human dish pain choose "not to be". Moreover, before smoothliner they are taking revenge for his brief "to be". The algorithm is based on rational, he does not stir up the brain with hormones and fear. The algorithm clearly sees that the reasons for "rational existence" there is no reward for him, too. Rather, the reward is - the unutterable stillness of Source. But the algorithm, unlike human, do not have long to redeem her mortgage.