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Assuming that our lived reality truly is just a simulation, I think it's important to also wonder why we would be being simulated. Not that we could ever hope t
by cooper_ganglia 3y ago
Assuming that our lived reality truly is just a simulation, I think it's important to also wonder why we would be being simulated. Not that we could ever hope to know or even comprehend our creator's intentions, but perhaps it's for research?
Could it be possible that they've just rented an RTX 40,090 and are simulating the entirety of our Universe to learn about how their (our?) species developed? Or how certain things would change if variables were altered? Perhaps there is a "multiverse" of infinite selves, but the multiverse is just a all the previous simulations that were tweaked slightly differently and had a different result.
Maybe changing the starting position of 1 atom in the beginning of the Universe has a butterfly effect that would entirely evade our assumptions. If we had the compute, why not simulate every possible reality? Perhaps there is 1 simulation that's occurred where everything was perfect, without anything cruel or unethical! And if we're gonna go as sci-fi as simulation theory, I don't think it's a far assumption that we could build things like fusion reactors or Dyson Spheres. We could learn so much, especially if the agents behaved naturally and had no idea that they themselves were simulated.
I don't actively believe we live in a simulation, but I think actively believing that we don't just doesn't make mathematical sense.