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What do you think about the idea that we're in a simulation? (feddit.nl)

submitted 7 months ago by JVT038@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't think that we're in a simulation, but I do find myself occasionally entertaining the idea of it.

I think it would be kinda funny, because I have seen so much ridiculous shit in my life, that the idea that all those ridiculous things were simulated inside a computer or that maybe an external player did those things that I witnessed, is just too weird and funny at the same time lol.

Also, I play Civilizations VI and I occasionally wonder 'What if those settlers / soldiers / units / whatever are actually conscious. What if those lines of code actually think that they're alive?'. In that case, they are in a simulation. The same could apply to other life simulators, such as the Sims 4.

Idk, what does Lemmy think about it?

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It wouldn't surprise me. I'm not sure it could possibly matter to us either way. Presumably we couldn't break out of the simulation even if we knew about it conclusively. It would be interesting, but practically irrelevant.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I agree it's irrelevant in terms of living our lives, altho perhaps greatly relevant for those in relevant sciences.

I think there's also a good argument that we already know we're in a simulation. That is-- if we already know a lot about the tiny building blocks of the universe, how they interact, and what forces govern them across various levels, then we can conceive of framing the whole of observable reality in to a massive, but known & quantifiable set of calculations... or a simulation.