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Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
My main argument would be that it would be incredibly unethical. And any intelligent civilization powerful enough to create a simulation like this would be more likely than not to be ethical, and if it was this unethical it is unlikely to exist for long. Those would be two potential reasons why the “infinite regress” in simulation theory is unlikely.
The Starmaker is an interesting exploration into simulation theory.
kromem@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What if homo sapiens died out and the Neanderthals who succeeded decided to simulate how history would have gone if it were the other way around, effectively resurrecting the extinct humans, additionally adding in ethical considerations such that everyone born into the simulation would have an unending post-life existence optimally fitted relative to their own preferences?
Just because we only see part of the picture doesn’t mean the whole is as unethical as the part we can see seems to be.
Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Hmm 😇 The afterlife might be a good way to make it up. Have you seen “The Good Place”?
kromem@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I have indeed. Some interesting ideas in there.