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To a certain extent, if the supposed "illusion" is convincing enough it may as well be reality. If it is possible to simulate an individual so completely that i
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
To a certain extent, if the supposed "illusion" is convincing enough it may as well be reality. If it is possible to simulate an individual so completely that it would convince that person's closest friends and relatives of its legitimacy, then in what way is it not that person?
- tboyd47 4y agoThis is the most Silicon Valley answer.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoI don't work or live in the Valley and frankly you couldn't pay me enough to. Philosophical thought on things like this is thousands of years old.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoThe nature of reality is a very, very old discussion. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism as an example.