If We Live In A Simulation… What’s It For?
The simulation hypothesis/theory is the theory that we live in a computer simulation
The theory, developed largely by philosopher Nick Bostrom, explains that people in an advanced enough simulation wouldn’t know that they’re in a simulation — they would believe they were real.
But… if this theory is correct —( and I don’t believe it is, though I see the logic, especially given what the world is like, tbh) — if the entirety of the known universe is a simulation… what’s the simulation for?
Is it just a game of Sims?
Or some form of experimental archaeology?
Is it to test variables, like scientists do when they want to predict the outcomes of experiments or natural disasters or climate change?
And most importantly — can whoever is running this thing turn it off and turn it back on again? Because I think it’s worth a shot at this point!
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