Have you ever wondered if Reality is a Simulation?

hi everyone :) thanks for answering. cheers!

Edit1 what do you believe that is actually false?

what the heck is my brain doing to blindside me now?

what can you fathom that others find unfathomable?

Edit2 god is also a simulation and so as religion.

Oh, you mean like in Harvest except slightly less eschew? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIToXkiJU-8 Or maybe you mean like Sanitarium where the protagonist is actually trapped in the world of his own mind while he's being pumped full of the latest dream drug. Either way is spooky. I suppose the world being a VR is a slight possibility as its hard to actually disprove, like God. 

[QUOTE="ShadowJax04"][QUOTE="Rich3232"]It could be. We will never know. All we can do is work with the reality we are "given" neotheinstein

Well that was dissapointing.

I came into this expecting a deep and thought provoking OP and all I get is some pathetic "Hi, thanks for answering." Why do you have to disappoint me like this?metroidprime55

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]I came into this expecting a deep and thought provoking OP and all I get is some pathetic "Hi, thanks for answering." Why do you have to disappoint me like this?neotheinstein

Yeah I have... It's possible. In the end who gives a crap... We will all be dead one day. BenedictArnold7

[QUOTE="BenedictArnold7"]Yeah I have... It's possible. In the end who gives a crap... We will all be dead one day. The_Lipscomb

[QUOTE="The_Lipscomb"][QUOTE="BenedictArnold7"]Yeah I have... It's possible. In the end who gives a crap... We will all be dead one day. neotheinstein

It's a simulation for the soul. So if we reincarnate it's just like "getting a new character, where you spawning at this time. No we did California last game, pick a new level." "But its good places to camp." 

Yes I have imagined it as a simulation. Not a digital one like The Matrix, but I wondered what if my brain is simply imagining the world around me.iskeethunters

[QUOTE="iskeethunters"]Yes I have imagined it as a simulation. Not a digital one like The Matrix, but I wondered what if my brain is simply imagining the world around me.ShadowJax04

[QUOTE="ShadowJax04"][QUOTE="iskeethunters"]Yes I have imagined it as a simulation. Not a digital one like The Matrix, but I wondered what if my brain is simply imagining the world around me.iskeethunters

[QUOTE="The_Lipscomb"][QUOTE="BenedictArnold7"]Yeah I have... It's possible. In the end who gives a crap... We will all be dead one day. neotheinstein

[QUOTE="iskeethunters"][QUOTE="ShadowJax04"] It's partially true, though, you know. Your brain imagines or assumes through your senses and perception. There's no real way of knowing wether the human brain tells the whole truth, though. Or how much of it.neotheinstein

It could be. We will never know. All we can do is work with the reality we are "given" Rich3232

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[QUOTE="The_Lipscomb"] What if we don't actually die?Rich3232

[QUOTE="Rich3232"][QUOTE="neotheinstein"]what if death is not a reality as well?

neotheinstein

[QUOTE="Rich3232"]It could be. We will never know. All we can do is work with the reality we are "given" ShadowJax04

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[QUOTE="ShadowJax04"] This. World being a VR is as plausible as deities existing. Believe. :PShadowJax04

If it is than who ever simulated it is a humongous assh*le.

If it is than who ever simulated it is a humongous assh*le.

DJ-Lafleur

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If it is than who ever simulated it is a humongous assh*le.

Rich3232

Don't recall ever saying I'm not an assh*le. >_>

But yeah, interesting point.

http://www.highexistence.com/this-will-mind*uck-you-the-double-slit-experiment/ replace the * by f to make the url work as gamespot is not allowing to post the f-word

here's the url of the video which is in the above link http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DfPeprQ7oGc

I expected an actual OP

I expected an actual OP

wis3boi

please vote and answer, thanks :) cheers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

The Simulation Hypothesis (simulation argument or simulism) proposes that reality is a simulation and those affected(simulated) are generally unaware of this. imagine if someone you know is just a simulation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

The Simulation Hypothesis (simulation argument or simulism) proposes that reality is a simulation and those affected(simulated) are generally unaware of this. imagine if someone you know is just a simulation.

neotheinstein

[QUOTE="neotheinstein"]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

The Simulation Hypothesis (simulation argument or simulism) proposes that reality is a simulation and those affected(simulated) are generally unaware of this. imagine if someone you know is just a simulation.

Rich3232

[QUOTE="Rich3232"][QUOTE="neotheinstein"]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

The Simulation Hypothesis (simulation argument or simulism) proposes that reality is a simulation and those affected(simulated) are generally unaware of this. imagine if someone you know is just a simulation.

neotheinstein

Are you here in name of the group of scientists who think they can somehow show us whether reality is a simulation or not?
Because while they may find out that it is a simulation it is impossible for them to find out that it is not.

I have also wondered why people call green grapes white grapes. I wonder all kinds of stuff.

And while the Matrix argument is not totally improbable. There are theories that achieve the same results with far less assumptions.

http://www.nickbostrom.com/

http://www.simulation-argument.com/

http://www.stanford.edu/class/symbsys205/BostromReview.html

http://www.simulation-argument.com/patch.pdf

You mean like that Jim Carrey movie? Yeah I guess after watching that but otherwise nofueled-system