Simulation

[divinemistress36]

Anyone else think we are in a simulation? Nothing feels real like its all staged

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

From the viewpoint of Stephen Wolfram the universe is a simulation, a big cellular automata.
From the viewpoint of solpsism we can only be sure that our mind exists, everything around could be a simulation.

 

[Pluto]

 

[KillingPain267]

Yes I believe the universe is sort of a big video game and everything is preprogrammed. When I trip on a big dose of pregabalin, it feels like that even more.

 

[OptingOutSmiling]

Everything feels unreal. Staged is a good word too. Scary unreal at times, as in can't even believe this (or whatever) is happening.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Not really. It feels real to me. Unfair certainly but, real. I suppose I feel that if it was a simulation, there might be ways to 'cheat' it.

I can't really figure out the end goal of it being a simulation either. Asides from a storyline from 'The Matrix'. In most scenarios relating to that though, I would think things would be different/ worse.

So, let's say it's a Matrix type scenario. Spoiler alert! Some other being has trapped us in an illusion where they feed off our energy. So- why allow us to be mortal? Surely, it would be more effecient if we lived even longer? If they're feeding off of emotion and specifically, negative energy, why not make people suffer even more? Why allow antinatilists to survive and boycott the system? I don't know. Maybe all to sustain the illusion of choice. I still don't really buy it though.

I certainly think we are born into capitalist/ consumerist systems/ traps that are hard to change and escape from, without probably suffering more. I see them as physical traps set up and maintained by real people who have power though. Aided by our parents (arguably) naive decisions to enlist us into the system also. I don't see that as an illusion though. It's all too real sadly.

 

[Prism]

All I can say is that, if this is all one big video game, then whoever's playing as me sucks at it

 

[Winterreise]

In USA the simulation has failed. Please shut it down.

 

[GlassMoon]

I don't believe we live in a simulation. But the question always reminds me of this comic:

 

[Halfhourdays]

Confirmed! We Live in a Simulation

We must never doubt Elon Musk again

www.scientificamerican.com

Yeah, very much so. 8 million people don't fit in NY...

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Confirmed! We Live in a Simulation

We must never doubt Elon Musk again

www.scientificamerican.com

Yeah, very much so. 8 million people don't fit in NY...

You posted that article as a joke, right? Please tell me that you posted that article as a joke...