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Doesn't look like they added anything to the debate to me. But given that it has been going on 2500+ years I suppose that is not surprising. :) https://en.wi
by esmi 11y ago
Doesn't look like they added anything to the debate to me. But given that it has been going on 2500+ years I suppose that is not surprising. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
See also,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat
- etjossem 11y agoAnd the Cartesian verison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon There's a long and rich history of philosophers restating this possibility.
- danneu 11y agoI followed your link to this list of great sci-fi books that involve simulated reality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction Including Accelerando by our very own https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross
- maxander 11y agoThere's certainly been something changed, if not added- the idea is slowly getting more pessimistic. Plato thought we could get out of the "cave" simply through sustained rational thought. Brains-in-vats thinkers at least said we were still true beings in the "real" world, even if deluded ones. But simulationists think we're entirely beings of the "lower realm."