Of Living in a Simulation

[Joe Schmo]

If we do live in a simulation, some food for thought:

Are we still alive? If so, what makes things in video games or simulations not "alive"? If they become alive, does it become immoral to play violent video games?

 

[Benfro]

I'm in the Matrix mom!

But really, no. Too much hurt and pain to be a simulation.

 

[Doctor]

Yes. Our brains receive input from our five senses and paint a world around us from that input. Everything we experience is simulated in our brains

 

[Otto]

maybe we are in a simulation, created by others also in a simulation

 

[Cob]

If we’re in a simulation then I demand admin privileges. This world sucks too much to be a sim

 

[Otto]

If a tree falls in a simulation and no one is around to hear it, does it still make sound?

 

[ChaosKnight]

I could go either way, if we are are sim it would explain like why we need sleep (reboots) and like why we cant seem to find other meaningful lifeforms, but who knows maybe this is real and life just sucks to suck.

 

[Joe Schmo]

I could go either way, if we are are sim it would explain like why we need sleep (reboots) and like why we cant seem to find other meaningful lifeforms, but who knows maybe this is real and life just sucks to suck.

What's convinced me it's more likely that we live in a simulation than not is the fact that there's a speed of light, planck lengths and times, and the fact photons behave like waves despite not having any other photons nearby. These are all pretty similar to performance preserving measures in actual simulations. (Reducing resolution, setting hard limits, and making assumptions.)

 

[Etat]

If by simulation you mean a representation or imitation of reality then yes we all live in a simulation.  If you mean like the matrix then no
 

 

[Megsie]

I need a maybe poll because I’m kinda not sure