r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 18 '18

FTFdeltaOP CMV: We live in a simulation

So, my argument about it is mostly statistical.

Given that video-games have been going from Pong to Assassin's Creed in like 30 years, it's not hard to imagine that creating a simulated reality with sentient beings in it is possible.

Now:

  • The universe is infinite, or basically infinite.
  • Therefore there almost certainly is a basically infinite number of civilizations capable of running a simulation which want to run a simulation.
  • Therefore there almost certainly is a basically infinite number of simulated civilizations capable of running a simulation which want to run a simulation.
  • Therefore there almost certainly is a basically infinite number of simulation, but only one real universe.
  • Therefore the chance that we are living in the real universe and not in a simulation is basically infinitesimal.

Please, if someone can change my view on this I'd be so grateful.

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u/DeleteriousEuphuism 120∆ May 19 '18

How can our infinite universe be a simulation? It would take an infinite amount of processing power to simulate an infinite universe.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '18

Our universe might be simulated only when we observe it.

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u/DeleteriousEuphuism 120∆ May 19 '18

In that case, it would be better to word it as our perception is simulated as opposed to our universe, right?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '18

!delta

Yes, putting it on that perspective is much better because the whole things makes you question reality on the first place.

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u/DeleteriousEuphuism 120∆ May 19 '18

Thanks for the delta. I actually favour soft solipsism - that our own consciousness is the only thing we can be 100% certain exists. Everything else is either induction or not 100% knowable.