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What do you think about the idea that we're in a simulation? (feddit.nl)

submitted 7 months ago by JVT038@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't think that we're in a simulation, but I do find myself occasionally entertaining the idea of it.

I think it would be kinda funny, because I have seen so much ridiculous shit in my life, that the idea that all those ridiculous things were simulated inside a computer or that maybe an external player did those things that I witnessed, is just too weird and funny at the same time lol.

Also, I play Civilizations VI and I occasionally wonder 'What if those settlers / soldiers / units / whatever are actually conscious. What if those lines of code actually think that they're alive?'. In that case, they are in a simulation. The same could apply to other life simulators, such as the Sims 4.

Idk, what does Lemmy think about it?

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[–] Leg@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Perfection is stagnation. It's the entropic nature of reality that provides the vehicle for change and will to manifest, allowing subjective experiences to exist. If anything, I'd see this as evidence of a simulated reality, as it's suspiciously convenient that this is all here for us to experience the way we do. You wanting it all to end sounds like more of an internal battle than external to me, and yours is a scary worldview.

[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's just too much suffering in this world. Why have a simulated reality with people torturing and killing one another, making living animals suffer so we can eat them, animals brutally killing one another. It's just nonsense. I myself am constantly haunted by a traumatic experience, unable to be happy. My view is eflilism if you haven't heard about it.

[–] Leg@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I fundamentally disagree with the idea that suicide of consciousness is the correct answer to resolving the problem of suffering. Suffering is but one element of our collective existence, and while I agree that it's unpleasant (duh), extermination is far too extreme an answer to consider it just. The scope is simply too narrow and pessimistic, and if one were to act on this philosophy, I would consider them evil. Don't kill your mates for being depressed or for hurting. Help them, however you can.