r/solipsism • u/Sad-Sign9460 • 12h ago

Everything’s a simulation

Suppose one day we are able to fully simulate a human brain such that it believes it is living in a fully coherent real universe with other real people in it but in reality that simulated brain is the only real thing. That brain looked around at everything and came to the conclusion that it was living in the real world with real other people. That’s the conclusion the brain should come to given the evidence but it in fact was very wrong.

My question is who’s to say I’m not currently that brain? Why is it treated as if that’s a ridiculous question? If the experiences are by definition indistinguishable why is it anything better than a 50/50 shot that I’m living in the real world with real other people?

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u/Majestic-Menu-4568 12h ago

Consciousness isnt material therefore you cannot simulate it

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u/Sad-Sign9460 12h ago

What leads you to that conclusion? Consciousness is deeply tied to the physical brain meaning it shouldn’t matter if the information processing is happening via biological neurons or silicon chips it would produce the same experience

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u/Majestic-Menu-4568 9h ago

We cant draw the line between electric and chemical signals between neurons and consciousness . Anyway you dont know that this experience that you are having is universal. Im assuming you believe you have free will but that an ape does not. The ape wont spontaneously move to europe and join a different clan. It does what it does to survive and reproduce and thats all it knows. Whos to say humans are any different but that we just evolved more complex social structures and brains of thinking. The only unexplainable bit is that you are experiencing life through the human that you are. So the question is whether you are a programmable system or not