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Would you want to know if this were all a simulation? Why?

500 sats \ 40 comments \ @Aardvark 16 Mar AskSN

Personally, I'm going with ignorance is bliss. If this is a simulation, I imagine reality is probably much worse.

Bostrom’s Simulation Hypothesis argues that if advanced civilizations can create realistic simulations of consciousness, it’s statistically likely that we are already living in one.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @shadowybadger 17 Mar

They're probably nested too. The real question is how deep it goes.

54 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Mar

If this is a simulation, whoever paid for it should ask for their money back

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

But what a time-line! I was born pre internet and I'm going to live to see the armageddon. Seems like a reasonable choice for a simulation to me.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Mar

True. Very appropriate timeline for the main character

89 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Mar

Sure, but it's not any more or less meaningful of an answer to me than anything else. Whatever this is, we're in it now.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

That's actually a really good point. I never really considered it, but it actually wouldn't change anything.

84 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Mar

Philosophically, I think the right starting place is the fact that we have conscious experiences. That's the most indisputable fact and it's true regardless of what's generating those experiences.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

I may be moderately more anxious about who's in control and whether or not they would shut down the simulation, which intellectually i know is pointless. I don't spend any time worrying about a supernova annihilating out solar system....

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Mar

As near as I can tell, everyone's understanding of the universe includes something that's capable of unexpectedly ending all life on Earth.

52 sats \ 6 replies \ @denlillaapan 16 Mar

Nope.

Gimme that juicy steak, all day long

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

I agree every single time.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 16 Mar

changing the subject only a little... last few times I've checked the leaderboard (I confess, an embarrassingly frequent behavior), Mr. Aardvark is now dominating. um... did you crack the SN code, or what?!

14 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

Yesterday and today I've just been posting and commenting more. It's not something I can, or would want to do everyday.

I also have a suspicion that some of the guys are less active on the weekend, but I'm just as surprised as you.

It's a good thing too because my territory rent is just about due and I'm at 51874 sats for the month, so I'm only 1.8k sats in the green. That's sats from all sources, not just the territory.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 17 Mar

Wooooork haaaarder!

But yeah, impressive. I've never been at #1, even early in the day before all the Austin peeps wake up

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 17 Mar

Low quality shit posting...

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 17 Mar

Lol this

52 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 16 Mar

I’d like to know the cheat codes

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,B,A,Start

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 22h

Do you really want infinite lives in this simulated universe? Think long and hard!

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @shadowybadger 17 Mar

It doesn't matter too much, since if you took a red pill and woke up in "base reality", you'd probably discover that it, too, is a simulation.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 17 Mar

Ahh shit.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23h

I create my own reality!

92 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 16 Mar

Some years ago my son and I were talking about such things and we came to the conclusion that the Dinosaurs faked their deaths and they are advanced beings living on a space station and playing us like video game characters.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

Ha! I wonder what a controller looks like for a T-rex. They have such tiny little hands.

59 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 16 Mar

I believe they control us telepathically. They are advanced beings after all. But that would be funny.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

They have multiple brains, knowing me I'm being controlled by a highly evolved ass brain.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 16 Mar

I'ld want to know.

But at the same time, I wouldn't want you (or anyone else, for that matter, to know).

As Mad Max / GTA would be the best we could hope for.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @emmanuelrosa 16 Mar

if(world.isSimulation()) delete world.me;

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

Lol.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @mrtali 16 Mar

The cheatcode.

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @SwapMarket 16 Mar

I go with fuck them whoever runs this show. They can delete me already as I won't bow to their authority and accept their grading. And I don't care to apply for a managerial position or any other job in whatever hierarchy. I do think, however, that ours is the base reality.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

What if you chose to be here in the first place?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @SwapMarket 16 Mar

If I don't remember, there was no consent.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

If you consented to not remember, then there is consent.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwapMarket 16 Mar

My attitude stands. They prove to have no power over me with every passing minute.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 16 Mar

What if the simulation has nothing to do with power? This could just be a vacation.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orto 15h

This is a sign of the existence of the devil. Because Satan's most important dilemma is his learned helplessness. He was given a certain amount of time and he is trying to instill this learned helplessness in everyone who has a certain amount of time. Yes, our time is limited, but it is in our hands to use this time in hope, goodness and beauty. Rather than believing in the mysterious power that makes everything look bad, the best way is to believe that everything can be better and to strive in this direction. Conclusion: Reality is not bad, we create it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatsMate 17 Mar

I'm fine not knowing. I do want to look into the matrix, but I am at the point now where I just want to enjoy life and not be so tin foil hatted.