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I would read about simulation theory but I just don't care.
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Originally Posted by HistorianDude
This is the most fascinating thing about the "simulation theory." Other than in its jargon it is indistinguishable from creationism, "Intelligent Design," or any of the many versions of magic that are the foundation of religious cosmologies. It is completely and explicitly unfalsifiable, and therefore thoroughly immune to any and all genuine scientific test or investigation.
And I can honestly tell you... I have never before ever met anyone pretending to be advancing a scientific idea who actually had the temerity to exclaim, "Screw predictions."
The ultimate question comes down to... who cares? Seriously, let's pretend for just a second that the theory was absolutely correct. So what? Does it help us do anything better, faster, more efficiently... differently? The great gift of science is that it is a pragmatic and utilitarian exercise. We actually can use what we learn. We can fight illness, and feed the hungry, and deliver The Avengers in 3D. But what can we do now that we know we're just a simulation... other than be all weirded out and paranoid regarding what "The Great Simulation" (read "God") intends for us?
There is a reason solipsism's primary use across the history of philosophy as been as a tool for mockery, philosopher's calling each other's arguments
"solipsism" as short hand for pointlessness and futility. Even developmentally, infant solopsism is how we all begin our lives, and is something we later outgrow and reject, usually in toddler-hood, as we begin to infer that other people are real and have feelings too.
As the only epistemological position that, by its own postulate, is both irrefutable and yet indefensible in the same manner it is of entirely no use to anybody.
You may as well just believe in the Muslim/Christian God and get the placebo of eternal salvation as part of the deal.
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