According to this philosophical argument, odds are our reality isn’t “real”…

 

If what we know is actually a simulation, would you want to be aware of that or not? Which pill would you choose?

 

The Reality Of Reality May Not Be Reality

by ADAM FRANK (NPR)

 

 

“Every night for months before the presidential election, Nate Silver would fire up his computer and run simulated results for his FiveThirtyEight blog on The New York Times. He ran hundreds of these simulations, tweaking variables like “white male poodle owner” turnout. Then along came Election Day. We all went out to vote (you did vote right?) and reality became the final word, trumping whatever Nate Silver’s simulated universe might, or might not, have said.

 

But what if there was more to the story? What if the simulated election didn’t just happen in Nate Silver’s computer? What if Election Day itself was a simulation with you, me and even Nate Silver just running through our autonomous but fully programmed roles. My friends, what if we all are living inside someone else’s simulation?…”

 

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