Comment on Assuming the world is a simulation
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I prefer to assume that we are simply the hallucinations of a brain floating through space. Which is more probable than everyone living in a simulation and a lot funnier to think about.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 days ago
One of the best episodes of all time.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 days ago
How did the brain get into space?
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
It formed there.
Statistically speaking it is more likely that a single brain formed randomly and is hallucinating the existence of our lives than our species forming as we are through billions of years of evolution and existing on Earth.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Mark Twain, or possibly Benjamin Disraeli
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
People who don’t believe in Math are doomed to be taken advantage of. ;)
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I prefer to think we’re simply the hallucinations of a possible brain, with no way to distinguish every possible brain that could exist from ‘real’ brains that exist in reality.
avattar@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Imagine we mix the two. If a single developer created the (computer) simulation we are living in, aren’t we a hallucination of his brain?
I wonder if it’s more or less likely that would be the work of a single developer, or a collaborative effort, like complex development projects require a large group for us. Would assuming a hyper-intelligent brain, or one with infinite time change the equation?
Now I imagine how having infinite power and resources in this universe would make a difference. Is this floating brain (let’s call him ‘god’, just as a placeholder) be more likely to create a physical structure (atoms and such) to run his simulation/hallucination/thought experiment, or just use abstract structures? And would it make a difference for the simulated/hallucinated people inside?
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Imagine we mix the two. If a single developer created the (computer) simulation we are living in, aren’t we a hallucination of his brain?
While the creator of the simulation developed the program using his brain, and one could argue thoughts are simply hallucinations of the brain, inside of the simulation we are no longer a part of the “creator”. They may have dreamed us up, but once inside a self contained system we couldn’t be the hallucination of his brain because we now exist outside of it without further control from the creator. (Assuming of course they do not continue to mess with the initial program.)
An interesting though.
I wonder if it’s more or less likely that would be the work of a single developer, or a collaborative effort, like complex development projects require a large group for us. Would assuming a hyper-intelligent brain, or one with infinite time change the equation?
Assuming that the brain is both all knowing and immortal, I would assume that it is capable of creating everything on its own inside of itself. Much like a dream, but far more detailed and consistent.
Is this floating brain (let’s call him ‘god’, just as a placeholder) be more likely to create a physical structure (atoms and such) to run his simulation/hallucination/thought experiment, or just use abstract structures? And would it make a difference for the simulated/hallucinated people inside?
Like our own brains, I would assume it is happening within the biological structures present in the brain. Because it is just a brain in space, I don’t think it is safe to assume it could build foreign structures for use. I would also assume that any changes made could be known by everyone, but likely ignored to maintain the reality. We could explain these changes with the mandala effect, just for fun. Some of us remember, some of us don’t, and this is because the brain is incapable (like us) of full control of every mental faculty.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Until you name that “brain” Azatoth and everyone loses their minds.