Are We Living In a Computer Simulation?

[anhinga_anhinga]

Cema pointed my attention to the fact that one of the smartest modern philosophers, Nick Bostrom, now has a separate Web site dedicated to the Simulation argument.

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[cema.livejournal.com]

I am not talking about the name.

The "simulation argument" as presented has holes in some important places. One of them is that the author glosses over the way the simulator decides how many details to simulate (and how to simulate them). This point is all handwaving and little substance, imho.

[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

Are you saying that you want substance and not handwaving in philosophy ?

:-) Would not this be too radical ? :-)

[cema.livejournal.com]

А иначе разговор напоминает спор древних греческих философов о том, какая материя первична: вода или огонь. Что может современная философия ответить на такой вопрос? Не даёт ответа, хихикает за углом.