I was listening to Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla, in the Joe Rogan podcast.
I haven't finished it yet but there are a few interesting ideas in there.
One of them is the idea that we live in a simulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI
"The argument for the simulation is quite strong, because if you assume any improvement at all over time. Any improvement. 1%, 0.1%.
Just extend the timeframe. Make it a thousand years. A million years.
The universe is 13.8 billion years old.
Civilization, if you are very generous, is maybe 7 or 8000 years old. If you count from the first writing. This is nothing.
So, if you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will be indistinguishable from reality.
Or civilzation will end. One of these 2 things will occur.
Therefore, we are most likely in a simulation."
What do you guys think about it?
Do you find any flaws in the argument? I think it makes a lot of sense.
Some other questions to ponder.
- Does it really matter?
- How would it make you feel to know that we do live in a simulation?
- If we do live in a simulation, what do you think are the rules?
- Any cheat code?