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The Simulation Hypothesis _6
The idea of us being in a simulation ourselves is entertaining indeed. But is it being entertaining enough to consider it plausible?
For us to begin to speculate about being in a simulation, we have to create a virtual reality that mimics our world exactly. The theory says that if we create a virtual reality of the same complexity as our reality, then chances are we probably are in a simulation ourselves.
This is exciting but it's not as simple as it sounds. Don't forget about the first condition of the theory. It says that we have to create that virtual world first. And here's the issue lies.
To create this world that mirrors ours, aren't we supposed to understand our world fully? We have to understand 2 concepts:
1- Matter. We have to understand what matter really is. We humans first found the atom and claimed that it's the smallest building block of our world, thus the name Atom, which means "that which can't be split" in Latin. But soon we discovered the components of the atoms and we're still early in our journey. we are still discovering the matter.
So how are we going to create a digital world that mimics ours if we don't understand the components of matter?
our virtual reality nowadays uses block/Pixels to represent the virtual world, just like videogames. In the past, graphics were so bad that you could see the cubes in the game. Today they are better but they are still using pixels to represent the real world. But our world doesn't have that pixel. No matter how small the pixel is, our world is always smaller...
2- time. Video games use frames that represent moments. The smaller the frame the more natural the flow of the video becomes. Today games look cool but they still have frames nonetheless.
our real world, however, doesn't have that frame that represents moments. You can always think of a shorter time frame. If you claim that the time frame of our world is one-millionth of a second, well what about one-billionth...
3- Consciousness. How do we know that the avatars in the virtual world are conscious? Does making them autonomous enough to assume that they are conscious as a result?
Consciousness is complicated. It's subjective. For all I know, I can't prove that anyone in the world is conscious except myself. You all could be avatars that give the right answers and do the normal things to appear normal for me. It's trivial but you can't prove me wrong. Same way, how do we know that the avatars are self-aware and conscious?
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By sulyman sweityThe idea of us being in a simulation ourselves is entertaining indeed. But is it being entertaining enough to consider it plausible?
For us to begin to speculate about being in a simulation, we have to create a virtual reality that mimics our world exactly. The theory says that if we create a virtual reality of the same complexity as our reality, then chances are we probably are in a simulation ourselves.
This is exciting but it's not as simple as it sounds. Don't forget about the first condition of the theory. It says that we have to create that virtual world first. And here's the issue lies.
To create this world that mirrors ours, aren't we supposed to understand our world fully? We have to understand 2 concepts:
1- Matter. We have to understand what matter really is. We humans first found the atom and claimed that it's the smallest building block of our world, thus the name Atom, which means "that which can't be split" in Latin. But soon we discovered the components of the atoms and we're still early in our journey. we are still discovering the matter.
So how are we going to create a digital world that mimics ours if we don't understand the components of matter?
our virtual reality nowadays uses block/Pixels to represent the virtual world, just like videogames. In the past, graphics were so bad that you could see the cubes in the game. Today they are better but they are still using pixels to represent the real world. But our world doesn't have that pixel. No matter how small the pixel is, our world is always smaller...
2- time. Video games use frames that represent moments. The smaller the frame the more natural the flow of the video becomes. Today games look cool but they still have frames nonetheless.
our real world, however, doesn't have that frame that represents moments. You can always think of a shorter time frame. If you claim that the time frame of our world is one-millionth of a second, well what about one-billionth...
3- Consciousness. How do we know that the avatars in the virtual world are conscious? Does making them autonomous enough to assume that they are conscious as a result?
Consciousness is complicated. It's subjective. For all I know, I can't prove that anyone in the world is conscious except myself. You all could be avatars that give the right answers and do the normal things to appear normal for me. It's trivial but you can't prove me wrong. Same way, how do we know that the avatars are self-aware and conscious?
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