The Matrix blog: Are we living in a simulation?
When I first started my research on this following question: "Are we living in a simulation?", the first article that showed up was Nick Bostrom's titled article "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? ", where he explores scientific and philosophical arguments around the idea that we live in a virtual simulation. In this article, Bostrom proposes that advanced civilizations could create simulations so realistic that inhabitants within them would be unaware of their artificial nature, and that we may, in fact, live in such simulations as we speak at this very moment (Bostrom, 2003). Throughout this discussion, Bostrom mentions a race of posthumans, which are simulated beings--people--that are capable of being conscious entities amongst this simulated reality (like Neo, from The Matrix ). However, such hypothesis is counterargued after asking the question: "if there were a substantial chance that our civilization will get to the post...