I apparently live in a simulation where Elmer Fudd give up off-grid living, got a degree in quantum mechanics, and retired early to make educational youtube videos.
In all seriousness, this is some good discussion.
I don't really buy into the assumption that post-scarcity civilization is a prerequisite for simulation theory to be possible. That assumption is based on another, which is that our entire universe/solar system/world is actively simulated. Another assumption is that every person on this planet is actually a "player" rather than just a component simulated for the sake of immersion. If you were the only external intelligence in your personal simulation, the processing power required to achieve that would be orders of magnitude less that an "MMO" type simulation where everything is rendered even when out of view.
I apparently live in a simulation where Elmer Fudd give up off-grid living, got a degree in quantum mechanics, and retired early to make educational youtube videos.
In all seriousness, this is some good discussion.
I don't really buy into the assumption that post-scarcity civilization is a prerequisite for simulation theory to be possible. That assumption is based on another, which is that our entire universe/solar system/world is actively simulated. Another assumption is that every person on this planet is actually a "player" rather than just a component simulated for the sake of immersion. If you were the only external intelligence in your personal simulation, the processing power required to achieve that would be orders of magnitude less that an "MMO" type simulation where everything is rendered even when out of view.
I apparently live in a simulation where Elmer Fudd give up off-grid living, got a degree in quantum mechanics, and retired early to make educational youtube videos.
In all seriousness, this is some good discussion.
I don't really buy into the assumption that post-scarcity civilization is a prerequisite for simulation theory to be possible. That assumption is based on another, which is that our entire universe/solar system/world is actively simulated. Another assumption is that every person on this planet is actually a "player" rather than just a component simulated for the sake of immersion. If you were the only external intelligence in your personal simulation, the processing power required to achieve that would be orders of magnitude less that an "MMO" type simulation where everything is rendered even when out of view.