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Imagine a robot trying to argue that it doesn't if they live in Westworld; I mean, the robot bar tender still has to tend bar. Imagine Truman trying to convince
by joshualedbetter 6y ago
Imagine a robot trying to argue that it doesn't if they live in Westworld; I mean, the robot bar tender still has to tend bar. Imagine Truman trying to convince himself that it doesn't matter if he's in a TV show or not.
Their arguments, no matter how clever, would be absurd when looking in from the outside.
If there's a high probability that the simulation hypothesis is true, it seems clinically insane to believe that it doesn't matter.
- industriousthou 6y agoThe thing is Truman and the characters in Westworld (I think, haven't seen it) are being manipulated to create a narrative. I we were in a simulation where the creator(s) were hands off, just letting it run its course, then I don't think it really matters. If, on the other hand, they're pulling strings and manipulating outcomes for whatever reason, then it seems like it matters a lot more. At least that's my intuition.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoLet's assume the simulation hypothesis is true: our universe is a computer program. Now what? Do our lives suddenly cease to have meaning?
- Teever 6y agoIt's not a judgement on he meaning of your life it's a judgement on the authenticity of your life and the accuracy of your view of the world. Which view point is better -- one that believes in a flat earth or one that sees the world as spherical and all that this fact entails? A flat Earther can't put a rover on Mars but someone who knows that the world is round can. Imagine what a person who comes to understand that the world is a simulation could do.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoWhat you're really arguing for is a deeper understanding of the universe. Whether the universe is a simulation or not is irrelevant.