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If we were living in a simulation, how could we tell? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works to c/philosophy@lemmy.ml

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Hoping to provoke some discussion with this. If we were sentient beings created inside of an advanced computer simulation, would we ever be able to tell? What signs do you think we’d see? And…do you think we are?

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[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone would figure out how to hack it.

Bonus fan theory: Jesus was a hacker.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could also argue all scientists (physicists, biologists, chemists, ...) to be hackers that constantly find new tricks and glitches in the underlying algorithm of the universe...

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's actually a school of thought that exists - that mathematics and science is the programming language of God or whatever supernatural being you believe in, and thus science and mathematics is actually the study of religion in a way. I'm not particularly well versed in this but I've heard that Kaballah has some beliefs along these lines

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Life already hacked it, that's what we are.