The more I mull this over, the more it seems like simulation theory and religions are both articles of faith - explanations of why the world is the way it is, cooked up by high-IQ overthinkers who are attempting to rationalize the world-as-it-is (phenomena) while pushing for the world-as-desired (utopia).
What Elon Musk is saying makes little sense to me. He's saying that we are living in a simulation because we will be able to create simulations that are a new reality. So we will be able to create a simulated world peopled by simulated people, who then presumably will advance to create simulations. It's then, as the story goes, turtles all the way down.
That said, the world we live in, and ourselves as well, are very hard to comprehend. It's mind-blowing stuff. Like Elon Musk says, best not to think about it in a hot tub.
My favorite piece of evidence that we live in a simulation is the odd behavior we notice in quantum mechanics.
We have tried to explain away these nonsensical outcomes like the double slit experiment using the many worlds hypothesis or is this bizarre contention that objects can be in states of “superposition” which condense upon conscious observation.
Yet, a simpler explanation is found in simulation theory: like a videogame where the unseen edges of the map load as the digital character approaches, our simulation doesn't waste compute rendering the finer details of physics,…unless and until is observed and measured.
I was just saying... https://substack.com/@outis9a/note/c-204967718?r=1eolp
Great minds are clearly thinking alike in this version of the matrix
The more I mull this over, the more it seems like simulation theory and religions are both articles of faith - explanations of why the world is the way it is, cooked up by high-IQ overthinkers who are attempting to rationalize the world-as-it-is (phenomena) while pushing for the world-as-desired (utopia).
Exactly, people either have faith, apathy or nihilism.
People with faith disagree over style or explanation but are macro more similar to the other groups.
Your point is a great example of the mid-wit meme
What Elon Musk is saying makes little sense to me. He's saying that we are living in a simulation because we will be able to create simulations that are a new reality. So we will be able to create a simulated world peopled by simulated people, who then presumably will advance to create simulations. It's then, as the story goes, turtles all the way down.
That said, the world we live in, and ourselves as well, are very hard to comprehend. It's mind-blowing stuff. Like Elon Musk says, best not to think about it in a hot tub.
Ah you have entered the rabbit hole.
You’ve touched on the next level, which is humans can’t be alone in the universe, which can inspire hours of debate best held outside of a hot tub.
I love this piece Ben.
My favorite piece of evidence that we live in a simulation is the odd behavior we notice in quantum mechanics.
We have tried to explain away these nonsensical outcomes like the double slit experiment using the many worlds hypothesis or is this bizarre contention that objects can be in states of “superposition” which condense upon conscious observation.
Yet, a simpler explanation is found in simulation theory: like a videogame where the unseen edges of the map load as the digital character approaches, our simulation doesn't waste compute rendering the finer details of physics,…unless and until is observed and measured.