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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[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

I feel like it's secular metaphysics and ultimately doesn't matter. Kinda black mirror if your RTS shotgun guys are conscious know that they will be deleted to free up memory.

[-] ani@endlesstalk.org 1 points 7 months ago

No one knows. I just find this universe too imperfect. It's nonsense. I just want it to end.

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[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 1 points 7 months ago

Think more dwarf fortress and you have the way I look at it

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Before the AI boom I was on the fence. Like it's not disprovable, so it doesn't interest me.

But now we're like... Running actual earth sims.

So yeah. Simulation confirmed. Nothing is real.

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[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth -1 points 7 months ago

Mathematically, it’s the only possibility

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