Do we live in a computer simulation?

MeatSack said:
You can create souls that believe they have free will. simulated free will.

And then write a book, that most people ignore, that tells of things that will happen.
Click to expand...

Sorry what i dont follow?


My point is, When you simulate something, the thing simulated is just that. A simulation I.E NOT REAL
To believe it is possible for anything that is simulated to actual observe life and believe it is real is just plain stupid.
A simulation is just for the viewer......
 
How about a simulation with 7 billion viewers?

How do you know this is real? How do you even know there are another 6,999,999,999 viewers? This could all be just for you.

I, and everyone else one this forum, could be "God" playing with you.
 
Eliot said:
Because like i said.
Subjects in a simulation arent self aware.
You are simulating what may happen for sure, but that doesnt mean it is "REAL" for what is being simulated
You cant simulate something to the extent that the simulation is actually observing what is happening.
That is ridiculous as a concept.
Click to expand...

Again, spouting rhetoric without a shred of proof.

Who says you can't simulate something that is self aware?

Look at it this way, if you could build a computer powerful enough to exactly simulate every single particle in a human, what is the difference between that simulated particle and the real thing?

They would act in the exact same way, any interactions would occur exactly the same, for all intent and purposes from the perspective of the simulation that particle would be real.

Why then could that exact virtual duplicate NOT function in the same way as the real thing, and NOT give rise to a self aware virtual being? Who from their perspective would be very real indeed.
 
how do we now that the world doesn't disappear when we close our eyes? or that light only exists when our eyes are open? (ignore cameras and all that.) Also for a simulation i would change it around so there isn't that many annoying people about.
 
HecFam said:
how do we now that the world doesn't disappear when we close our eyes? or that light only exists when our eyes are open? (ignore cameras and all that.)
Click to expand...

We don't. This raises all sorts of questions of what "experience" is, and subsequently what a "thing" is. If it's possible that things only exist as we experience them, then the definition of a thing cannot be something which exists mind-independently.
 
Is it possible for an omnipotent being to plug in his/her electricity from a cloud, i know he/she is omnipotent and all, but surely there are some restrictions.
 
Last edited:
I am absolutely loving the "lol morons" reactions from some of you towards this, as it is a perfectly acceptable theory.

There has been a thread on this before, thankfully there was some good discussion in that one :p
 
Zefan said:
I am absolutely loving the "lol morons" reactions from some of you towards this, as it is a perfectly acceptable theory.

There has been a thread on this before, thankfully there was some good discussion in that one :p
Click to expand...
Ironically, some of the people's reasons for why it's a "rubbish theory" contain just as many assumptions as the one they are attempting to discredit.
 
Even if they could test to see if we were in a simulation or not the simulation itself might catch on and simulate the expected results for if we were not in a simulation.

Also, did anyone else immediately think of the Inception spinning top upon visiting the link?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom