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What makes you think this isn't our present?

• jerf 13y ago
  Probably the best argument there is Occam's Razor. A heuristic it may be, but it has proved useful many times. Though I've often wondered if it truly has that much cosmic power, or if it becomes useless at that scale.
• ChuckMcM 13y ago
  That isn't the question though, once you know you are living in a simulation what happens? This was a very interesting question that was raised in the TV show Caprica (a Battlestar Galactica prequel series). If you know it is a simulation then you can just do what ever the heck you want, reboot/restart when necessary. Doesn't make for interesting cinema or literature as the question of future value / future outcome vs present action / inaction is what creates tension.
  • scotty79 13y ago
    You still could suffer lasting psychological damage.
  • DanBC 13y ago
    The tension could come from others not knowing they're in a simulation. Oh, The Matrix. As always, Gren Egan has done this stuff too.