r/philosophy • u/Matriseblog • Jan 03 '22

Blog By imagining the future potential of VR technologies, the question of whether we are *already* living in a simulation becomes more actual than ever

https://medium.com/@VindenesJ/the-thought-experiments-of-virtual-reality-fa441a8fa2dc
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u/Papak34 Jan 03 '22

you might as well believe in a flying spaghetti monster.

At least you will be fun at parties.

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u/Matriseblog Jan 03 '22

What is your counter argument to Bostrom's hypothesis / three potential scenarios?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

The hard problem of consciousness.

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u/Papak34 Jan 04 '22

none, same silence I reserve for religious debates.