I’m not taking anything away from Nick Bostrom, who is a very intelligent modern philosopher. Plato and Democritous considered atoms, and therefore the fundamental constructs of reality, to be discrete. The other aspect of simulation theory, the idea that the world is discrete or digital, is equally ancient. Plato discussed his cave allegory in 380 BC.
Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wrote about it with his butterfly dream in 369 BC.
The idea that we might be living in an illusory world is not novel. OMG can anyone write an article on the simulation hypothesis without focusing on Nick Bostrom and Elon Musk? It’s like writing an article about climate change and only mentioning Al Gore.ĭear journalists who are trying to be edgy and write about cool fringe theories, please pay attention.
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