Are we living in a simulation?

 

 

The origin of the "simulated reality hypothesis" is in "Plato's cave"

When we think about physical simulations we forget one thing. If the person is living the entire life in that kind of simulation that person believes that the simulation is reality. The idea of this type of simulation is taken from Plato's cave.

If some people are living their entire life in the cave. They think that the cave is an entire world. Those people who live in their cave think. The bizarre shadows that they see on the wall are real creatures. So why those cave people would live in their caves? And don't come out to see are those creatures real? 

The cave offers a safe and protective place. Of course, there can come the army of men. And they will destroy that place easily. But those cave people think that the cave is in the middle of the world. There is nothing that can harm them if they stare at the wall. 

They forget that the armies still exist even if they stare at the wall and deny the reality. The people in the cave are using filtered and selective information. And that thing makes those caves dangerous. Denying the threat doesn't mean that threat does not exist. 

When we think of things like asteroid impacts. They might not seem a big thing. If we compare them with conflicts. But the thing is that without depending on the conflicts on Earth those asteroids still exist. They still can impact our planet. There is still the same probability to impact an asteroid. Even if there is some war going on. 

Are we living in a simulation? If we live in a simulation, why did somebody make that simulation? 

The thing, that fights against that conclusion is the motive for making that kind of complicated simulation. That kind of simulation requires extremely complicated algorithms. And it means that these kinds of things are not made just for fun. 

The major argument against allegations. That we are living in a simulation is the question, why would somebody make the virtual reality, where everybody lives? The thing is that we have the technology to make that kind of virtual reality. But why does somebody wants to close the entire human race to simulation? 

We can connect our cortex to computers and then use robots as external bodies. The BCI (Brain-Controlled Interface) can make brains interact with computers and we cannot see the difference between the real and virtual world. The thing is why would somebody make that thing? 

The movie "Matrix" brought that idea of simulated reality to the knowledge of a great audience. In that movie, the humans are hybridized with computers. The people are living in chambers and the matrix, ultimate virtual reality is making the virtual space where people are living. The idea of the Matrix is that when a human dies in virtual reality the computer will kill that person. 

Why are black cheeps allowed in the Matrix? 

The black cheep is the opponent to the white cheep. The white cheep is the thing that supports the majority. And the black cheep is the actor that mission is to bring discussions and criticism to decisions. Also, the mission of the black cheeps is to bring new and fundamental ideas for the society that is in the Matrix-movies the people who are connected with computers. 

There is a so-called "black cheep" paradox in Matrix-movie. Why those black lambs are allowed in Matrix? The main characters are the persons who are working in the secret underground resistance movement that purpose is to release people from the virtual reality simulation called "Matrix".  But where the computer requires those black cheeps? 

The black cheeps are needed to bring new ideas and new tactics to society. The thing is that the purpose of "black cheeps" is to criticize the majority. The idea is that there would also be another opinion and point of view than the only one that serves the majority. Also, majorities are making mistakes. And those mistakes can be fatal. 

If the majority is ordering to attack against some other state, there is the possibility that the opponent is stronger than expected. So the black cheeps mission is to ask: does anyone see the force of the opponent? Or are everybody just thinking that they can handle that problem? The thing is that when we are blinded to success we cannot see the risks or think the worst possible scenes. And one of them is that the opponent is not uncovering its all cards. 

When we are thinking about simulations we forget one thing. There are at least three types of simulations. 

1) The virtual-reality-based simulations

In those simulations, everything happens in the virtual world of the computer memories. Those kinds of simulations are like games. 

Some of them are made for fun. But some of them are created for training people. Like military commanders and surgeons for their missions. 

X) The mixed or enhanced reality simulations. 

In the most advanced of those simulations, the human senses are connected with robots. That means that the person senses and feels everything that robots see and feel. That allows using remote-controlled robots like remote bodies. 

But those simulations can be the network of simulators. That kind of system can use to simulate things like building sites, military operations, or car driving. In the building-site simulation, everything is needed in building sites, and then the operators can test things like cars how they fit in those simulations. 

2) Real-life simulations. 

The most well-known of those simulations are military exercises. But there are many more types of simulations like "lone island" simulations where people are going to lone islands and live in primitive conditions. 

Also, the closed-space simulations where people are living in isolated rooms or spaces for simulating the Mars flights are very good examples of physical simulations. 

In that kind of simulation, people are going somewhere. And they are acting as they should act in the real situation. 

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