I am posting this in the open thread because I assume that somewhere in the depths of posts and comments there is an answer to the question:
If someone thought we lived in an internally consistent simulation that is undetectable and inescapable, is it even worth discussing? Wouldn’t the practical implications of such a simulation imply the same things as the material world/reality/whatever you call it?
Would it matter if we dropped “undetectable” from the proposed simulation? At what point would it begin to matter?
I am posting this in the open thread because I assume that somewhere in the depths of posts and comments there is an answer to the question:
If someone thought we lived in an internally consistent simulation that is undetectable and inescapable, is it even worth discussing? Wouldn’t the practical implications of such a simulation imply the same things as the material world/reality/whatever you call it?
Would it matter if we dropped “undetectable” from the proposed simulation? At what point would it begin to matter?
Not particularly.
Absolutely.
The point where you find a way to hack it, escape from the simulation and take over (their) world.