Prepare to be mindfucked

[psychopath]

http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

If you survive through the whole text then you will be mindfucked.

[HeartofShadows]

red through half of it and so far it seems like a theory on a world like the matrix existing or the possibility of creating a world similar to the matrix.

[The Desert Fox]

HeartofShadows Wrote:red through half of it and so far it seems like a theory on a world like the matrix existing or the possibility of creating a world similar to the matrix.

Pretty much this.

[psychopath]

I should've posted this instead http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html -it's a clearer explanation, but it's less mindfuck

[Rebelnerd]

[HeartofShadows]

psychopath Wrote:I should've posted this instead http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html -it's a clearer explanation, but it's less mindfuck

Matrix is about as much fail as the real world.

Musubi's idea I liked.

* Musubi

"I am the center of the world."

Musubi is a Reason based on solitude and isolation, where the Self is absolute. Every single person would live in his or her own independent world, completely sealed from any other living being. Using one's mind, a person could shape their world at will into their own personal paradise, living free from the unwelcome interference of others. The Reason Musubi closely resembles René Descartes' idea of solipsism, a philosophy of the solitary self which is based in individualism and solitude.

Only thing is people need others to grow(it sucks) and without other people and new ideas the world would die.

so without the sealed off from others it would be perfect.

[aaaaaaasd]

holy crap

[Lovey]

Ehh... tl;dr all of it. Mostly the opening paragraph. I can't stand summaries before a long bunch of boring.

Why not send a message to our programmers? "We are conscious. Come, talk to us. We want to learn. What do you have to say to us?"

Something. Anything.

[Aviator]

Brilliant.

It could work, couldn't it?

Do you ever suffer from real life brain lag? An explanation, finally!

But no, really, it makes me curious as to what the future could possibly bring. I'd love to be the person overseeing such a computer - in charge of recording the interactions of the beings in the program and drawing conclusions from it. It would almost be like unlocking the secrets of the universe, wouldn't it? Although, can computer instructions reach the capability of a sentinent being? Are computer souls possible? And if so, what does that mean for humanity, and religion across the board?

I'd love to see it done just to see the implications of such, and then interact with a computer soul. From a psychology perspective, it would be quite amazing, wouldn't it? God, I'm almost inspired to become a mathematician so as to be the one involved in the computer-soul project, once it gets started.

[Happy Camper]

There's that philosophical adolescent stage where this kind of thing occurs to people and it blows their mind, and then they learn that it has been theorized before a hundred times over and beaten into the ground. Perspectivism. Brain in a vat. The Matrix.

It's kind of sad to see something that was at one point so mind boggling become mainstream and standard. I guess that's part of growing up.