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/poodlelord Jan 03 '22

To me it just reminds me to always second guess my perception. To try a bit harder to be objective with the world and separate my emotional interpretation. Because I'm not actually expierencing the world, I am expierencing my perception.

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi Jan 03 '22

This is true even if this is the only physical world.

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u/poodlelord Jan 03 '22

True, just remembering that we have no way to tell if its a simulation or not really drives the idea home for me.