I'm curious about what people on this site feel about the simulation hypothesis. In all honesty, I find the argument somewhat valid. As far as belief systems go, it is the most logical and by far more believable then any religious/spiritual postulacion yet contrived. Again, I would love to hear any feedback whatsoever even if you're adamantly dismissive of the concept, provided you do so with respect and decency. Thank you
Yeah, a simulator could help you learn to fly a plane or drive a car. What is it that believing we are all in a simulation is doing for you? What are you learning? If you believe this idea right now today, what would you have believed way before the days of simulation? I'm at a loss of what this would prove about anything.
But in those scenarios, we are the ones using the simulation. In this scenario, we ARE the simulation.
So this is more like The Hitchhiker's Guide, with Deep Thought, the mice and the Magratheans creating Earth as a giant computer. None of the inhabitants aware of its and their purpose (apart from the mice.)
@NicoleCadmium It is OK to think too much. Problems start when we think too highly of ourselves.
I don’t really give it much thought...as I don’t give anything much thought which has no credible evidence attached to it. Sci-fi is not a genre I like in either literature or movies, and that is what I consider simulation hypothesis to be. Just another one for the conspiracy theorists to get excited about!
From Wiki
The simulation hypothesis or simulation theory proposes that all of reality, including the Earth and the universe, is in fact an artificial simulation, most likely a computer simulation. Some versions rely on the development of a simulated reality, a proposed technology that would seem realistic enough to convince its inhabitants the simulation was real. The hypothesis has been a central plot device of many science fiction stories and films.
Suitable only for conspiracy theorists. A class of their own making.
Never heard of it. could you explain what it's all about ?
Buy a book!
@Austin-Cambridge No
Eh. Some links would be nice. I have watched DeGrasse Tyson talk on the idea, but he hasn't shown any specific evidence that I know about. Makes for a good story: we are sitting, forgotten, in a closet after some alien 7th grader placed third at the science fair. At some point things will degrade and holes will start to open up sucking we little simulated people into the darkness of nothing. Or, maybe not. We live, we die, our energy is released with our decaying cells and the nutrition that things obtain from eating our dead bodies.