Buket Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 What do u think about the simulation theory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 If there is no way to distinguish between the simulation and 'actual reality', then there is no need to consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 What do u think about the simulation theory? Hypothesis, maybe. Not a theory. As Prometheus says, with no evidence it is nothing more than one of those ideas like "what if the world was created 15 minutes ago and just made to look like it was billions of years old". It might have sounded clever when you were 14 but now it is just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hypothesis, maybe. Not a theory. As Prometheus says, with no evidence it is nothing more than one of those ideas like "what if the world was created 15 minutes ago and just made to look like it was billions of years old". It might have sounded clever when you were 14 but now it is just silly. I think that is a little harsh - it is an interesting gedanken; it helps one concentrate on the limitations of the personal sensorium, the nature of the self, and systems / communications in a sort of Niklas Luhamn sort of sense. Bishop Berkeley's subjective idealism (famous for Johnson's "I refute it..." ) is a very interesting concept which bears considerable study 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 People would have to know (and remember) how not simulated Universe is working to being able to compare to simulated version of it, to find differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) I find it most impolite to be addressed as 'u'. Further I understand simulation theory to be something quite different from what your other respondents appear to be talking about. So please explain what you mean by simulation theory and thus provide a proper opening post I can respond to. Edited July 21, 2016 by studiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I think that is a little harsh - it is an interesting gedanken; it helps one concentrate on the limitations of the personal sensorium, the nature of the self, and systems / communications in a sort of Niklas Luhamn sort of sense. Bishop Berkeley's subjective idealism (famous for Johnson's "I refute it..." ) is a very interesting concept which bears considerable study People who find this sort of speculation interesting, will find this the sort of speculation they like. Further I understand simulation theory to be something quite different from what your other respondents appear to be talking about. Good point. We did all rather jump to a conclusion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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