Hi Clement, I do not have much to add to the previous critiques, I also think that what needs to be simulated is just a consistent enough simulation, so the concept of CI doesn’t seem to rule it out.
You may be interested in a related approach ruling out the sim argument based on computational requirements, as simple simulations should be more likely than complex one, but we are pretty complex. See “The Simplicity Assumption and Some Implications of the Simulation Argument for our Civilization” (https://philarchive.org/rec/PIETSA-6)
Cheers!
Hi Clement, I do not have much to add to the previous critiques, I also think that what needs to be simulated is just a consistent enough simulation, so the concept of CI doesn’t seem to rule it out.
You may be interested in a related approach ruling out the sim argument based on computational requirements, as simple simulations should be more likely than complex one, but we are pretty complex. See “The Simplicity Assumption and Some Implications of the Simulation Argument for our Civilization” (https://philarchive.org/rec/PIETSA-6)
Cheers!