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Billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix, funding scientists to break us out

13 pointsby alxmdevover 8 years ago

7 comments

planteenover 8 years ago
<i>Mr Musk spoke earlier this year about the fact that he believes that the chance that we are not living in a computer simulation is &quot;one in billions&quot;. He said that he had come to that conclusion after a chat in a hot tub, where it was pointed out that computing technology has advanced so quickly that at some point in the future it will become indistinguishable from real life – and, if it does, there’s no reason to think that it hasn’t done already and that that’s what we are currently living through.</i><p>The hubris of making such statement after a hot tub chat when no evidence exists is insane. In 1880, everyone with interest in Arctic exploration &quot;knew&quot; that the north pole was an open sea and would be balmy. I wonder what things we &quot;know&quot; today will be laughed at by our great grandchildren?
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FullMtlAlcoholcover 8 years ago
He&#x27;s not the only one. As I was driving home, alone, a few days ago, I heard my brother&#x27;s voice say will you pick up some In N Out on the way home. Not one minute later, he calls me and asks for a double double meal. It most definitely was not deja vu, it was a bug in the simulation&#x27;s audio streaming socket, a veritable glitch in the matrix!
antiquarkover 8 years ago
Yeah but why would Musk want to discover that he isn&#x27;t really a billionaire, but in fact an unconscious hairless dude living in a pod of goo and wired into a giant computer?<p>Anyways he better be careful or he&#x27;ll be flushed into the vast waste pit for knowing too much.<p>Hey, maybe Musk think he&#x27;s &quot;The One!&quot;
lilcarlyungover 8 years ago
Maybe us living things are nodes in an artificial neural network? We as a network are reaching self-awareness. Holy shit.
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supercoderover 8 years ago
We almost certainly do, and I&#x27;m happy someone is finally solving this issue
infradigover 8 years ago
If there is something that is known to be true, but can&#x27;t be computed, wouldn&#x27;t that invalidate the simulation hypothesis?
steegoover 8 years ago
When will you NPCs wake up and realize all this is not for you?<p>Back to work!