• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Unless there is additional context like how to communicate with the outside world there’s not really reason to change anything. Even if the life I love and the bonds I’ve created are “fake” it doesn’t mean they’re not worthwhile.

    But if it’s something like the controllers of the simulation are actively making things worse or refusing to improve things then that’s different.

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    2 days ago

    I would just keep living my life, it’s not actionable information for me.

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      Agree. It’s a lot like the ‘free will’ exercise to me-- an interesting thought experiment that AFAIK doesn’t help too much in the actual living of a life.

      Also, I propose that we arguably already know that we’re living in a simulation, and it makes no real difference. I.e., we’ve identified the wave-vs-particle effect, the four forces of the universe, a bunch of physical and chemical laws, and are continually refining our understanding of it all, via science, and possibly even metaphysics.

      But far as we know, it’s all just building blocks, dimensions, and laws so to speak. A super-amazing simulation as it were. What’s wrong with that?

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    Does it mean anything in itself to be in a simulation?

    I don’t really see how that would change anything in my day to day life.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      Lol, what if the real world has infinite resources but only the simulation we are in has things like the absence of perpetual energy because otherwise the system would crash 🤣

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    Wouldn’t make a difference. The only part that could change my actions would be what hapoens obce it ends. But simulation or no I’m stuck here for however many years and have to make the best of it.