spawnpoint
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tbh i get paranoid about it when i think about it too much, and it sucks bc the thought is really scary
Life is a Simulation?
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.: Meri :.
the grass is always green but it's not easy
I don't believe we're in a simulation, no. It's not really something I give a lot of thought to either, because the notion just seems pretty out-there to me.
But let's say that hypothetically, we are in some sort of ridiculously powerful, detailed simulation that far surpasses the capabilities of any of our own technology—I don't think it matters. We feel both sadness and happiness, we create and we destroy. The things we do affect each other, for better or worse. We assign meaning to our lives and search for a purpose, no matter how long and hard the journey to get there may be. That makes us real. The fact that we exist in this moment and have existed is something that can't be taken away. No higher entity has the right to say otherwise.
But let's say that hypothetically, we are in some sort of ridiculously powerful, detailed simulation that far surpasses the capabilities of any of our own technology—I don't think it matters. We feel both sadness and happiness, we create and we destroy. The things we do affect each other, for better or worse. We assign meaning to our lives and search for a purpose, no matter how long and hard the journey to get there may be. That makes us real. The fact that we exist in this moment and have existed is something that can't be taken away. No higher entity has the right to say otherwise.
Aquilla
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It's not something I ever really thought about, nor do I think it benefits me to dwell on it for too long because there just isn't any way to know and even if it was real, what would it matter? That being said, sometimes I do feel a little bit like a Sim, in particular when I walk into a room, forget why, and turn around to walk back to another room. In those instances I laugh internally and think maybe someone has cancelled my task/activity, like I sometimes do with my sims. But I also know I have adhd and essentially no short-term memory so me forgetting what I was doing/why I'm holding something is almost an hourly occurrence at this point.
It's an interesting theory but I believe we're real. It seems far fetched if we're all fake.
But that said, it's interesting to think of ourselves as a video game character where we 'level up' our 'skills' like an rpg. It's fun and strangely motivating for me since we don't see progress irl until months and months, if we even pay attention to it. Where in a video game you watch the bar go up and up.
But that said, it's interesting to think of ourselves as a video game character where we 'level up' our 'skills' like an rpg. It's fun and strangely motivating for me since we don't see progress irl until months and months, if we even pay attention to it. Where in a video game you watch the bar go up and up.
Ravenkitty22
No, one mourns the wicked
I’m honestly not sure. The theory is interesting and I wouldn’t be surprised, but this is a really slow simulation it it’s true. There’s no way of knowing, and I’ve had enough 3 am questioning about the universe sessions to know it doesn’t do any good to try and figure it out.
That being said, I will admit when things get rough, I’ll tell myself it’s because I’m the main character so it’s either part of the plot or my backstory to try and make myself feel better.
That being said, I will admit when things get rough, I’ll tell myself it’s because I’m the main character so it’s either part of the plot or my backstory to try and make myself feel better.
Mars Adept
Circles and spirals in mind…
No. Scientists have studied the logic of how our world and ourselves work for about as long as we’ve existed. We’re not robots.
cherrytheone
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There's no feasible way of really knowing but I don't think so. If this is a simulation something has to be real. There has to be a real reality for something to be simulated. For example, characters in a book have been generated by us to create a story. The story is not real but it is based on concepts that are real and a real person even if they made up the story.
I used to wonder when I was little, what if I were really just one of the characters of a book? What If I was the main character of a book and I lived my whole life thinking I was real but I was really just in a story?
(I wonder how many times I just used the word real
)
I used to wonder when I was little, what if I were really just one of the characters of a book? What If I was the main character of a book and I lived my whole life thinking I was real but I was really just in a story?
(I wonder how many times I just used the word real
)
I don’t think we are in a simulation. First off, if a simulation were to exist in which we were are a part of, that would imply a higher life form created the simulation. From what I’ve seen on the simulation theory, it exists due the highly improbable probability of life and our society today. But since a simulation would need to be created by another life form, that scenario is just as improbable if not more than our life, so I choose to bet our life is real and not a simulation. Additionally, I would think that those in a simulation would not have enough self awareness or sentience to think or believe they live in a simulation.
