by In the Guardian, Olivia Solon reports about the discussion on whether life as we experience it likely is a simulation. Pro: … videogames are becoming more and more sophisticated and in the future we’ll be able to have simulations of conscious entities inside them. … If there are many more simulated minds than organic ones, then the chances of us being among the real minds starts to look more and more unlikely. … That we might be in a simulation is … a simpler explanation for our existence … Con: … if we are in a simulation then we have no clue what the laws of physics are. Hybris.
Topics:
Dirk Niepelt considers the following as important: Existence, Notes, Reality, Simulation, World
This could be interesting, too:
Dirk Niepelt writes “Report by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee on the Conduct of the Authorities in the Context of the Emergency Takeover of Credit Suisse”
Dirk Niepelt writes “Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless”
Dirk Niepelt writes The New Keynesian Model and Reality
Dirk Niepelt writes Urban Roadway in America: Land Value
In the Guardian, Olivia Solon reports about the discussion on whether life as we experience it likely is a simulation.
Pro:
… videogames are becoming more and more sophisticated and in the future we’ll be able to have simulations of conscious entities inside them. … If there are many more simulated minds than organic ones, then the chances of us being among the real minds starts to look more and more unlikely.
… That we might be in a simulation is … a simpler explanation for our existence …
Con:
… if we are in a simulation then we have no clue what the laws of physics are.
Hybris.