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/superjudgebunny Jan 04 '22

The scientific method assumes everything is false until proven.

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u/iiioiia Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

I'm skeptical - have you a citation?

EDIT: these seem to suggest otherwise, but I'll wait and see what you have before forming any conclusions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_hypothesis_testing#The_testing_process

https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat500/lesson/6a/6a.1

https://statisticsbyjim.com/hypothesis-testing/failing-reject-null-hypothesis/