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raishak t1_j51c74y wrote

Reply to comment by AGI_69 in Instead of escaping to virtual realities, what if we just made our reality as good as any virtual reality could be? by [deleted]

>We most likely live in simulation

This has always been a line of thinking with no practical use. Even if the current laws are just some abstract rulesets layered on top a real physical world (like code in a computer), you're still physically real in the world that's running your simulation, just maybe not in the form you thought you were. But without simulation theory, we are certainly not perceiving the true depth of what we physically are. The only point it generates that seems relevant is that we are in a "false" world. But how would we even know?

To me it just adds one or more arbitrary layer of complexity without producing any philosophical value.

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AGI_69 t1_j51gh3h wrote

Simulation hypothesis has place in philosophy, whether or not you find it "practical".

The most convincing argument, is that every Universe that allows technological progress will ultimately contain billions (or more) simulations and therefore the probability that, this world is simulation is very high, compared to "real" Universe.

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raishak t1_j524ofn wrote

I suppose that is reasonable at least on a basic level; an appeal to probability. I can generally appreciate ideas that remove the requirement for us to be in a special/improbable position.

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