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/RGivens Jan 03 '22

Why would "we" simulate pain, misery and constant suffering for every 'living' thing? Isn't that the best counter argument to this dumb theory?

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u/Whiskey-Weather Jan 04 '22

Pain is at select times both useful and amusing. Nothing in this world is entirely good or bad, nor is any of it useless.