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> Those who spend their time flying through imaginary worlds do well to "remember where the off switch is" If this world is a simulation, and someone among us
by delichon 2y ago
> Those who spend their time flying through imaginary worlds do well to "remember where the off switch is"
If this world is a simulation, and someone among us is the player-character, forgetting that there is an off switch is a feature for them that increases immersion by making any failure to suspend disbelief (which I as a probable NPC suffer from regulary) a moot issue. As long as we think that this is reality, its believability is subordinate to its survivability.
- simpaticoder 2y ago"If this world is a simulation" then anything can follow, which makes it an uninteresting hypothetical.
- tocs3 2y agoYou might be right but... If this world is a simulation knowing the nature might let us work with it better. Hacking the universe (maybe or maybe not if a simulation). It would in some ways just become an extension of physics (in effect). This gives me an opportunity to bring up a favorite story of mine. Wang's Carpets by Greg Egan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%27s_Carpets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%27s_Carpets