Moving beyond the fact that we are in a simulation, in this episode I attempt to ponder what it means if we are in a simulated universe. What are the ethics and implications of being in a simulation. Here I discuss all the big questions related to this subject.
The fundamental question raised by the simulation hypothesis is this: Are we all actually characters living inside some kind of giant, massively multiplayer online video game, a simulated reality that is so well rendered that we cannot distinguish it from “physical reality”? Although Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom coined the term the Simulation Argument in a […]