First spliff philosophy and the Silicon Valley upstarts

[purves grundy]

If you liked Descartes' malicious demon, you'll love the brain in the vat! Then came a generation brought up on The Matrix, and they had lots of money, so systemic doubt was no longer enough...

[Elon] Musk is just one of the people in Silicon Valley to take a keen interest in the “simulation hypothesis”, which argues that what we experience as reality is actually a giant computer simulation created by a more sophisticated intelligence.

Is our world a simulation? Why some scientists say it's more likely than not

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I feel like I'm living in a simulation where people keep starting the same thread without checking to see if one already exists.... [/Pogo]

 

[purves grundy]

I thought there must be one! But, as my mum says, there's a place for everything and everything should be in its place.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I thought there must be one! But, as my mum says, there's a place for everything and everything should be in its place.

Yours has the best thread title, though.

*consolation prize*
*its the taking part that counts*