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Are We Living In Nick Bostrom’s Speculation: различия между версиями
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While there is evidence to support some of these hypotheses (most notably, the Big Bang), there is no evidence to support or refute the simulation hypothesis. The only evidence available to us at this time — the subjective experience of our existence in this world — is predicted equally well by the hypothesis that we live in a simulation, as it is by the hypothesis that we live in a real world. Philosophy or science in general do not allow unwarranted assumptions about the nature of the world. We can only judge the validity of these hypotheses by accumulating additional evidence, not by using preconceived ideas about the world. | While there is evidence to support some of these hypotheses (most notably, the Big Bang), there is no evidence to support or refute the simulation hypothesis. The only evidence available to us at this time — the subjective experience of our existence in this world — is predicted equally well by the hypothesis that we live in a simulation, as it is by the hypothesis that we live in a real world. Philosophy or science in general do not allow unwarranted assumptions about the nature of the world. We can only judge the validity of these hypotheses by accumulating additional evidence, not by using preconceived ideas about the world. | ||
There may be some possible ways to determine the nature of the metaverse or to test whether we are in a simulation or not from within a simulation. But it is also possible that such information can only be introduced to our world externally (or cannot at all if we are living in a real world). This is closely related to the idea of auto-reference or the ability to independently and clearly perceive yourself. A detailed explanation of the issues related to auto-reference can be found in Gödel, Escher, Bach. The Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter | There may be some possible ways to determine the nature of the metaverse or to test whether we are in a simulation or not from within a simulation. But it is also possible that such information can only be introduced to our world externally (or cannot at all if we are living in a real world). This is closely related to the idea of auto-reference or the ability to independently and clearly perceive yourself. A detailed explanation of the issues related to auto-reference can be found in Gödel, Escher, Bach. The Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. | ||
Another important implication of the scientific approach is that untestable hypotheses should be ignored. S. Novella | 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. | ||
= V. Arguments against the simulation hypothesis = | = V. Arguments against the simulation hypothesis = | ||