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Thiccboifentalin OP t1_j54lnvg wrote

Reply to comment by turnip_burrito in What is easier to create a paradise for one or for all? by Thiccboifentalin

How do you know if it's real?

Like I get that the world is limiting, and all that, but maybe we are just in a far shittier simulation?

Like this earth 1.0 and another is like 2.0 where we can fly and stuff.

Again, I believe it's about perceived pleasure and hierarchy that one occupies in the society. If you are of lower classes escapism is key if you are of higher classes then your servants have limitations as well, it seems that VR could bring benefits to both parties.

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turnip_burrito t1_j54msg5 wrote

Maybe, but if they believe it's the real world, then that's what matters to them. It is also more real because the machinery running the VR world is built within it.

Also the simulation hypothesis is unfalsifiable, so not particularly any more or less helpful than asking questions like "what if dying sends our souls to heaven" or "what if food is actually magic but undetectable drugs and I'm hallucinating my life".

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