Are We Living In Nick Bostrom’s Speculation: различия между версиями

Another important implication of the scientific approach is that untestable hypotheses should be ignored. S. Novella asks “What can a scientific sceptic say about such claims? Only that they are outside the realm of science, and that science can have only an agnostic view towards untestable hypotheses.” For this reason whether we live in a simulation or not should be a matter of personal belief, not scientific enquiry, unless additional evidence is uncovered.

In addition to uncovering logical errors with the simulation argument, it makes sense to point out several factors that can affect whether we live in a simulation or not. They all have in common an assumption that our civilisation might have some special qualities that are unlikely to be present in a simulated civilisation.