A way for you to understand the issues with the simulation argument is that it assumes the additional existence of things (eg, a supercomputer, a civ that built that supercomputer, etc). It takes a huge a priori credence cost (extreme solomonoff complexity of its description length) and can be dismissed instantly. Additionally, even if was on par in a priori credence with the reality argument, it’s still dismissed because it’s better to be wrong as a simulation that thinks it’s real than to be wrong as a reality who thinks he’s simulated. The later infinitely worse than the former.
Even more simply, simulationism is just creationism for the 21st century, it’s just the wrong kind of creationism. (I’m a Christian so I’m sure you can see how sad I find the simulationists).
A way for you to understand the issues with the simulation argument is that it assumes the additional existence of things (eg, a supercomputer, a civ that built that supercomputer, etc). It takes a huge a priori credence cost (extreme solomonoff complexity of its description length) and can be dismissed instantly. Additionally, even if was on par in a priori credence with the reality argument, it’s still dismissed because it’s better to be wrong as a simulation that thinks it’s real than to be wrong as a reality who thinks he’s simulated. The later infinitely worse than the former.
Even more simply, simulationism is just creationism for the 21st century, it’s just the wrong kind of creationism. (I’m a Christian so I’m sure you can see how sad I find the simulationists).
Thanks for sharing your thoughts c: