PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Counterfactual History, Robin Hanson, Nick Bostrom
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Holodeck from star trek, hunger games arena, the matrix. Suppose that we are in a simulation: epistemic, metaphysical, ethical. This is os unlikely that its not worth considering ~ nick bostrom. The simualtion argument: there is a signi cant probability that you are living in a computer simulation . In the future we will develop a computer; already making. If the assumptions are true, we could never know . The simulation argument: species will probably go extinct before they develop the technology, given the technology, almost no species will run such simulations, were almost certainly in a computer simulation. 1/a big # = a very small number. A small # / a big # = a very small number. If we start running simulations, that would be very strong evidence against and 1 and 2. Robin hanson: economist, future of humanity institute. In the absent elf grounds of expecting one kind of simulation rather ha another.
