Hey Veeky Forums, give me your thoughts on the simulation hypothesis. Black Science Man said it's basically 50/50 if we're living in simulated reality or not.
>"The fraction of human-level civilizations that reach a posthuman stage (that is, one capable of running high-fidelity ancestor simulations) is very close to zero", or >"The fraction of posthuman civilizations that are interested in running ancestor-simulations is very close to zero", or >"The fraction of all people with our kind of experiences that are living in a simulation is very close to one"
In other words one of these has to be true: either life never gets to the point where it is capable of creating a simulation of reality, life will never simulate reality once given a chance or we're probably in a simulation RIGHT NOW
Adrian Lopez
You fail for the pseudo science meme my nu-male...
Jonathan Martinez
It seems wholly irrelevant, from a practical standpoint. Why do we need to care about this, again?
Dominic Gutierrez
Wait... So black science man is ready to accept god as long as you call him "programmer"?
What happened to evidence?
Sebastian Garcia
computers always crash /thread
Eli Martinez
Well if you think about it, every probability is really 50%, an event either happens or it doesnt.
Brandon Martinez
>if you think about it NO
Owen Butler
Easy answer: No system can simulate itself, or any system of equal or greater complexity then itself. Each succesive nesting would need to be less and less complex, until the point where no meaningful ancestor simulation can be created.
Gabriel Nelson
you need to tell blackman this
Jordan Foster
Tyson never talks about religion. He's the least fedora "science communicator".
Asher Smith
It wouldn't really explain anything about the nature of the universe, because it doesn't explain anything about the universe in which the simulation is created.
Kevin Hill
Ignorance is bliss.
Zachary Ramirez
You learned that in your simulation life.
Life outside simulation might not even have time, energy, or space. Those all might just be concepts that were invented to the simulation.
Hudson Hall
>it's basically 50/50 if we're living in simulated reality or not.
Probability does not work that way.
In order to determine the odds of whether or not we are living in a simulated universe or not, we would have to observe a whole bunch of universes (large sample size) and determine the ratios of simulated to non simulated universes that we observe.
Lucas Gonzalez
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
It's 50/50, because it either happens or it doesn't.
Aaron Jackson
Remember who is master of this domain.
Julian Adams
I wrote this in another thread:
I'm largely in favour of the simulation theory. To me it is the most logical explanation of our universe. However, this doesn't help much with the concept of consciousness. In-fact, consciousness in a simulation seems somewhat counter-intuitive.
So if this is all a simulation maybe there is a chance that we will "wake up" in some higher universe. Such a fascinating thought, would we suddenly wake up, just connected to a machine.
I am wondering about these higher universe beings, I have a feeling that they might look like us, because that could likely be something they would like to simulate.
What if this is all a game for them? What if when I die I wake up and its like a recreational activity of plugging yourself in and forgetting all your previous knowledge just to be born again as a 'game'. To live out this whole life, die, then reawaken in the overworld with this experience.
I also think it is possible that these simulations could be run for knowledge purposes, to simulate worlds with different initial conditions and to explore the different outcomes.
To me the simulation theory is also very solipsistic, how do I know that you are actually experiencing consciousness like I am? How can I tell that everyone else in this universe is just a simulated robot and I am the player?
Honestly I am so fucking scared, I don't like thinking about it and would rather be blissfully ignorant. The existential crisis is strong.
Also to all those retards suggesting 'reincarnation'. I think it is a heavily flawed concept. How does reincarnation make any sense if you retain no memory of your past life? What difference would normal birth be from reincarnation?
I would greatly appreciate anyone's thoughts
Jacob Morris
If we lived in a simulation we would never even get this thought. I know it's not a logical argument or anything but it seems reasonable to me. Conciousness is there when a free will decision needs to be made. If we were living in a simulation where everything is predetermined we would be philosophical zombies.
Elijah Diaz
You don't have to have free will if you have consciousness, take Guantanamo bay for example.
Benjamin Fisher
Subconscious, subjective, intuition, epiphany, simulation, singularity, time travel, spooky effect, worm hole - these are terms Materialists use to contemplate Divinity.
Brandon Hernandez
> Conciousness is there when a free will decision needs to be made