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I have to disagree and I can not really understand what is so appealing about the simulation idea to many. You can’t see the appeal of an unfalsifiable conject

I have to disagree and I can not really understand what is so appealing about the simulation idea to many. You can’t see the appeal of an unfalsifiable conjecture that everything including us, is an intentional creation of some manner of vast and powerful intelligence? Aliens, Simulators, Bulk Beings, or you know... Gods. It’s just new window dressing on an ancient dream.

danbruc 9y ago
Well, I can neither see the appeal of gods. I guess many people just like to have uncertainty removed from their life even if that is not actually true. And that is probably the point that I don't get, why or how people get something out of those, well let me call them lies.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  The universe is big and scary, and decidedly not anthropocentric or even comprehensible,.. some people want it to be, decide that it is, and believe that.
chr1 9y ago
The question "whether we live in simulation" is indeed a new dressing. But the question "is simulation possible, and if yes what it can look like" is new, and can have useful answers.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  But the question "is simulation possible, and if yes what it can look like" is new, and can have useful answers. That is pretty interesting, but now how most people formulate the issue. After all, what we could simulate, or what could be simulated in a universe like ours, in principle is pretty interesting. The question of what another reality simulating us would be like isn't, because it could be absolutely anything at all. Questions without the hope of answers are, to me at least, not interesting.
  - chr1 9y ago
    True, if we go specifically searching for the answer to the second question, we may not find much interesting, but when we know more about the first question we can gain some insights about the second one. So if by not interesting you mean `this door is closed now, revisit later` i completely agree with you!

danbruc 9y ago

Well, I can neither see the appeal of gods. I guess many people just like to have uncertainty removed from their life even if that is not actually true. And that is probably the point that I don't get, why or how people get something out of those, well let me call them lies.

QAPereo 9y ago
The universe is big and scary, and decidedly not anthropocentric or even comprehensible,.. some people want it to be, decide that it is, and believe that.

chr1 9y ago

The question "whether we live in simulation" is indeed a new dressing. But the question "is simulation possible, and if yes what it can look like" is new, and can have useful answers.

QAPereo 9y ago
But the question "is simulation possible, and if yes what it can look like" is new, and can have useful answers. That is pretty interesting, but now how most people formulate the issue. After all, what we could simulate, or what could be simulated in a universe like ours, in principle is pretty interesting. The question of what another reality simulating us would be like isn't, because it could be absolutely anything at all. Questions without the hope of answers are, to me at least, not interesting.
- chr1 9y ago
  True, if we go specifically searching for the answer to the second question, we may not find much interesting, but when we know more about the first question we can gain some insights about the second one. So if by not interesting you mean `this door is closed now, revisit later` i completely agree with you!