The Simulation Hypothesis

One reason people may have been confused is the OP title states Hypothesis while Bostrom only made the simulation argument. The hypothesis is the next step beyond the argument and regarding proof, could it be done with computers providing a visual map of human thoughts?

If a computer can be devised to mimic the human computing biological processes, is it feasible to find a way to plug a translator into a human brain? To me, this would be irrefutable proof we are simulations because if a computer can expose our thoughts on the sensory level of what we call reality, it means what we call reality is a copy of something else and not simply an illusion.

If people do not mind, I will be thinking out loud about this on the thread because I really need guided help in exploring the implications.

There are trillions of transactions taking place every second that we cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. Wifi signals transmit data at astronomical rates yet we only see the end results and not the transmissions. Is it possible this is how our simulated world is operating? I'm thinking of a hybrid existence between the illusion and physical reality. This could help explain why the actors in a simulation are limited by the laws of physics as mapped by the designers. Even so, an illusion implies the ability to hack the contrived constructs. This is where putting a live brain on a screen comes in to play. It would require PIP in the millions and time will not be a dimension at all because in our thoughts and memories, time is nonexistent.

 

Quick Matrix movie confession: I had hoped they would do another sequel where it was revealed Zion, and all of its inhabitants was a computer simulation.

 

becase 1 real world multiple posible virtuel ones if not endless posible virtuel worlds in such a case your likely virtuel even if you happen to not be like how a lotto winner was likely going to be a loosing participant

 

to squash stupidity is part of what i do for a living!


ie.. truth destroys ignorance


i prefer giving the next generations a chance at thinking!

 

If we are simulations does that automatically mean we have no primordial existence? For me the SH solves the problem of evil but it doesn't solve the purpose of the Sim.

 

well i suppose a simulation is made out of something in the word that created it even the simulations within a simulation word probably be represented by something in the original world

 

Let try to clarify the question by asking:

If there were no simulations at all, would we still exist as individuals?

Speaking of copies, I cannot thing of a single item created by humans that is not connected to the nonhuman world. I believe this shows our imaginations are limited by the programming used to create the simulations. I would think if we were truly original we could create objects and ideas completely disconnected from the world around us. I can only conclude we are not currently free or as free as we claim to be.

 

yes

words


mankind created 'words' to articulate with

it is how knowledge can transcend time (books)

you did not learn all you know from your own experiences. You learned from what others had experienced and layered over time.

 

Here is some interesting info that coincides with SH and the claim of an error correcting code in the equations of string theory.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_...e=related&feature=related&v=dROtWPITBHM&gl=US

Not so much the first 8 minutes but the highlights I got from it were:

RAN global experiment showing people giving an emotional reaction to 9E even before the first plane hit. About 6 hours prior there was a spike in RAN data. Also, every major global event shows the RAN spikes in geographical correlation.

The Staring experiment. A person must be blindfolded and out of audible range of another person and the subject must guess that person is staring at them. On one test, out of twenty times, the subject was correct 14 times and this was not an anomaly.

The visual test of emotions feeding off of images not yet seen, thus predicting the future from a five second window.

The RAN experiment has been running for 12 years and they have a lot of hard data suggesting human thoughts are operating much in the same way of radio transmissions. I have been to political rallies, concerts, in the military, marches, etc and one thing I noticed is each even had a noticeable different "feel." Even the ones that were all positive in nature had a different energy field.

The last item was the theory nothing exists unless it is being observed. Basically, our sub consciousnesses create the world around us which helps explains how predicting tbe future is accomplished. Like an infinite complex Lego set, we build as we roll.