RE: Question from an agnostic
March 28, 2018 at 6:23 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2018 at 7:21 pm by chrisNub.)
(March 28, 2018 at 6:14 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(March 28, 2018 at 6:03 pm)chrisNub Wrote: Oh I don't. I didn't mean to suggest that we are necessarily in one but I thought the idea that humans might be capable of creating a simulation so realistic that it's indistinguishable from real life was interesting and to the people inside the simulation it might seem like the creators and controllers of the simulation are gods, especially if they aren't allowed to leave for some reason. The idea got me thinking, what is the definition of a god? Then I thought about Elon Musk and his thoughts about the likelihood of us being in a simulation right now, he thinks there's a billion to 1 chance we're in a simulation (I hope I said that the right way around but what I meant was: he thinks we are in a simulation basically). Not that I really understood his logic for reaching that conclusion. I didn't. Long story short I have no idea if we are in a simulation. I'm not saying anything really other than that I think the concept of what is a god? is an interesting one and one day humans might be considered literal gods if they gain absolute power over others in a simulation and I guess they would be gods, to those people.
In your simulation scenario the creation of the simulation would take a lot of time and effort (at least it would for me). What do you think the creators motivation would be to create world with such imperfections? A world which often destroys the creations.
I don't know what the point would be, maybe as an experiment. I think it's nice that you perceive the world to be full of imperfections and state it like it's a universal truth or an absolute. I guess you are a very moral person and see all the pain and suffering and view these things as imperfections. I'm with you! but whether or not these things would be considered imperfections by a hypothetical creator isn't clear IMO.
