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Tech billionaires think we live in the Matrix

5 pointsby yctimover 8 years ago

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zerognowlover 8 years ago
Worth reading about the brain in a vat scenario<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brain_in_a_vat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brain_in_a_vat</a><p>A problem can&#x27;t be solved on its own plane, so no amount of raw processing power can escape such a sandbox IMHO, but there can be flaws inadvertently introduced into the system via fuzzing:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fuzz_testing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fuzz_testing</a><p>Many have already reported that mundane reality is a tiny sliver of what&#x27;s actually going on, under the influence of psychedelics, for example.