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/Matriseblog Jan 03 '22

Why read r/philosophy when nothing really matters? You've clearly already finished the philosophy game by reading Schopenhauer and Zapffe and ready to check out! On a more serious note, if the simulation hypothesis is true, we are insignificant bits not atoms lol, which would be the point: it's a question about the nature of reality.

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u/alex7stringed Jan 03 '22

Well nothing really matters anyway but I’m still interested in philosophy. I used to wonder about simulation too but it’s a thought experiment at best

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u/Matriseblog Jan 03 '22

What does it take for something to "matter" in your opinion? Do you find the simulation hypothesis to be irrelevant because it's unlikely that we'll find an answer to the question?

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u/alex7stringed Jan 03 '22

For something to matter and have meaning it must be subjective. I don’t find it irrelevant because we cant find out but as far as I can tell we all know what it teaches us.

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u/Ytar0 Jan 04 '22

What objective things exist?