Hoping to provoke some discussion with this. If we were sentient beings created inside of an advanced computer simulation, would we ever be able to tell? What signs do you think we’d see? And…do you think we are?
Hoping to provoke some discussion with this. If we were sentient beings created inside of an advanced computer simulation, would we ever be able to tell? What signs do you think we’d see? And…do you think we are?
I appreciate the nuanced take. I personally can’t tell what I would choose when push comes to shove. It’s a difficult topic to digest because there’s always lots of big IFs for each scenario.
However I think the definition of the word ‘real’ is obscuring a larger issue. Are feelings of a fictional character in a story real by your definition albeit only to themselves? Who or what is validating these experiences?