@jlchamberlain so that people feel the urge to clean the sensor to try and show others what they think is the reality that the sensor being dirty prevents them from seeing.
The author said it was because they wanted to get them clean. If they see it's beautiful, they want the others in the silo to see as well. I'm not fully convinced by the explanation but okay...
@jlchamberlain Why would they even let others know that there's a world outside? (No one knows what stars are... So clearly everyone could've been raised to believe that the silo itself is all there is.)
@jlchamberlain i had the same question, i think is to make them happy and have them clean.
@yossarian1993 Yeah, it's cool but it doesn't work IMO.
Imagine you're going out to clean. All others before you have cleaned the sensor. You get out and see (according to what the visor shows you) that it's beautiful and green outside. You want others in the silo to know. Do you do exactly what all the others have done before?
I would dance with joy, then beckon others to come join me outside through the sensor. Or maybe I'd give them the finger before I run away.
But I sure wouldn't do exactly what everyone else who went outside did, knowing that it did NOT make me see outside was beautiful, AND knowing it's exactly what "They" want me to do.
Shout by JoshuaBlockedParent2023-06-30T10:27:35Z
What was the point of using a hologram to project a fake luscious green if in reality, it was exactly the same as what they're displaying in the silo?