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Even if the universe /is/ simulated, it wouldn't have an affect on anything mundane. We all still need to eat. Suffering is as real as anything else, and the al
by MPSimmons 5y ago
Even if the universe /is/ simulated, it wouldn't have an affect on anything mundane. We all still need to eat. Suffering is as real as anything else, and the alleviation of pain is still a good thing.
It also means that there is the potential to exploit the simulation, and take advantages of the corner cases - which may also get us shut down, but we would likely never know it happened, so it's almost without penalty.
- aaron-santos 5y agoSure, let's see how throwing some NaNs into the mix works out!
- mistermann 5y agoI sometimes wonder if humanity thought of the world as if it is a simulation (visualize it as a video game), perhaps we could better realize that we have the ability to change how the future unfolds, and that the actions we take will only be successful if they are in accordance with the actual behavior of the simulation (how it actually is versus how we think it is).
- lorepieri 5y agoIt would actually have consequences, for instance we would likely not be able to do interstellar travel. Ok, not really mundane, but still. See https://osf.io/ca8se https://osf.io/ca8se (disclaimer, I'm the author).
- jayjader 5y agoWell, we're not likely to be able to do interstellar travel in our lifetimes, so for today it doesn't have much consequence :)