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It seems self-evident to me, although I'm willing to admit I'm wrong about this, that if the creators of the simulation we find ourselves in didn't want us to f
by ChrisGranger 7y ago
It seems self-evident to me, although I'm willing to admit I'm wrong about this, that if the creators of the simulation we find ourselves in didn't want us to figure this out, we couldn't. The rules could be set up to prevent us from discovering the truth, and they could have caused a "blind spot" in our reasoning that prevents us from even realizing it.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoOnly if they're perfect.
- ChrisGranger 7y agoI don't think perfection would be required to set hard limits to a simulated being's ability to reason, although perfection would certainly seal the deal. I'm just thinking that concepts x, y, and z could be forbidden, such that we couldn't think about them, nor even realize that we couldn't think about them. A circle around which our knowledge could expand without ever dipping into.