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Epistemological philosophers have debated this question for hundreds of years, it's pretty much Descartes' Evil Demon problem. It hangs on whether the simulatio
by Deukhoofd 5y ago
Epistemological philosophers have debated this question for hundreds of years, it's pretty much Descartes' Evil Demon problem. It hangs on whether the simulation is perfect or flawed. If the simulation is perfect there would be no way of finding out.
- ngrilly 5y agoIf the simulation is like containers and VMs, then for sure we'll find a way to escape the sandbox :)
- janekm 5y agoI think I would rather enjoy reading a novel where humanity discovers that it is living inside a simulation and is trying to find a way to "escape" (not really plausible) or at least influence the "outside" world in such a way to prevent the catastrophe of "getting switched off". Is anyone aware of a novel similar to that?
- Aeolun 5y agoAt the risk of you having already read them: https://qntm.org/responsibility https://qntm.org/responsibility https://pastebin.com/gA4aRc0T https://pastebin.com/gA4aRc0T https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien-message https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien... This seems to have a similar premise, but I haven’t read it (yet). It seems interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3
- janekm 5y agoThanks a lot, these definitely scratch that itch and I hadn't seen them yet! I was also just reminded of the short story "the rat in the labyrinth" by Stanislaw Lem which as far as I recall had similar themes. It doesn't appear to have been published in English though.