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A socialist perspective on simulation theory. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I was thinking about human development and how as we get further into a socialist society we may find it hard to get children to fully grasp what past systems were like.

There are people who theorize we are a simulation and they give various ideas for why this might be. One most of them wouldnt consider as they are libs is we could just be in a full immersion learning environment. Imagine we are all students in some future school who have been sent into a simulated past to live the lives our ancestored lived and see first hand the horrors of capitalism. Start taking notes youre probably gonna have to write a paper on all this shit once you wake up.

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[–] Redshift@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago (7 children)

If that's true they better have me in full body binds or put me in some bodyless spirit in the next world because I've got a slight problem with the ethical implications of this "simulation". It reminds me of Christians who say this world is a moral test but then babies get murdered who had no chance to make any decision. If this were true the people in charge are unethical by almost any standard

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Kinda funny tho to imagine your the student who dies .05s after being born and you wake back up and the teachers like "Bad luck i guess not sure how your gonna turn that into a 5000 word paper."

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

If this is a simulation, it's more likely that every student must experience the same life so that they have an equal understanding of the material. I can also see an alternative where there are a select number of simulated individuals rather than a single one, but it seems much simpler to only use one for ease of development and standardization.

This means the babies that die too early to experience the simulation properly are not students. If the point is also to teach students about life under capitalism and the necessity for socialism, it follows that having this realization during the simulated lifetime is a necessary part of the curriculum. I also know that I am conscious and experiencing the world from my personal perspective.

For these three reasons, I've come to the conclusion that I am likely the life being simulated, meaning all of you are a part of the simulation and have no real consciousness or agency. Even if I only have the illusion of agency, I am the only consciousness being experienced and the most real thing about the simulation.

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Nuh uh I'm the only consciousness being experienced and the most real thing about the simulation!

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