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What do you think about the idea that we're in a simulation? (feddit.nl)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't think that we're in a simulation, but I do find myself occasionally entertaining the idea of it.

I think it would be kinda funny, because I have seen so much ridiculous shit in my life, that the idea that all those ridiculous things were simulated inside a computer or that maybe an external player did those things that I witnessed, is just too weird and funny at the same time lol.

Also, I play Civilizations VI and I occasionally wonder 'What if those settlers / soldiers / units / whatever are actually conscious. What if those lines of code actually think that they're alive?'. In that case, they are in a simulation. The same could apply to other life simulators, such as the Sims 4.

Idk, what does Lemmy think about it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We might as well be. I sometimes feel like I’m about to be disconnected from it. I can see, hear, smell and all but everything seems foreign like you can’t recognise it. What is a chair, what is earth, what is the universe, what is a person, how do we exist, how do we have legs, what are words. Like, you’re not trying to answer the questions it’s just bizarre to exist, and how we exist and why and all. It’s so hard to explain haha It’s a weird detachment state , an interesting experience I have a few times a year

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That actually sounds a lot like disassociation which can be caused and triggered by stress and trauma. You may want to talk to someone about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You want to write something interesting and it turns out that you have mental problems instead. Well TIL lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Go a little further, and you run into ego death. You feel like your sense of self is no longer consistent with your experience and start from scratch for a little while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Exactly, it's not crazy to think like that. I mean, the person who said that could be right, but still, let's not immediately jump to conclusions by saying they have mental issues.