So what's your (simulated) gut feeling? Are you in a sim? If so, what's it for?
Any thoughts?
I just wanted to clarify that you are interested in undeveloped, naive thoughts as well? While I’m sure developed thoughts would be preferred, unless there are some science fiction writers out there who’ve had reason to think about this a lot, I think most people’s thoughts would be undeveloped and naive, just because there’s not much reason to dwell on such questions and, even if you do, not much entanglement with reality to train your thinking.
Personally, I enjoy this post because the hypotheticals are interesting and perhaps through discussion we can hone and develop our initially naive ideas into more mature ones. (Then, should I discover in a month we are in a simulation, I will be that much further advanced in my thinking compared to where I would have been...)
I just wanted to clarify that you are interested in undeveloped, naive thoughts as well?
I expect that he is, yes, or at least doesn’t mind them. If nothing else, they’re probably easier to follow than full-on scifi for someone who’s probably on post-surgical painkillers and such.
I just wanted to clarify that you are interested in undeveloped, naive thoughts as well? While I’m sure developed thoughts would be preferred, unless there are some science fiction writers out there who’ve had reason to think about this a lot, I think most people’s thoughts would be undeveloped and naive, just because there’s not much reason to dwell on such questions and, even if you do, not much entanglement with reality to train your thinking.
Personally, I enjoy this post because the hypotheticals are interesting and perhaps through discussion we can hone and develop our initially naive ideas into more mature ones. (Then, should I discover in a month we are in a simulation, I will be that much further advanced in my thinking compared to where I would have been...)
I expect that he is, yes, or at least doesn’t mind them. If nothing else, they’re probably easier to follow than full-on scifi for someone who’s probably on post-surgical painkillers and such.