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It is an interest idea and a great starter for philosophical thinking, but no-one is treating it like literal gospel.

• rhapsodic 9y ago
  >It is an interest idea and a great starter for philosophical thinking, but no-one is treating it like literal gospel. Of course not. "Gospel" is a religious concept. They're claiming that it's a plausible, scientifically-supportable theory. I don't think it's an interesting idea at all, nor do I think it's a good starter for philosophical thinking. I think it's Creationist nonsense.
  • tskaiser 9y ago
    Okay.
  • torstenvl 9y ago
    A "scientifically-supportable theory"* is one that describes a phenomenon that can be observed sufficiently to form a hypothesis and then test that hypothesis by experiment. In what way would you propose to test the simulation hypothesis by experiment? (* I'm assuming you're using the word "theory" loosely here.)
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