Elon Musk was asked a question on simulation theory and his response was interesting:
First, the fact that he was well versed on the subject was surprising.
Secondly, I think his reasoning is sound - if you believe that humans will survive far into the future, developing technological capacity along the way, then you must accept that we are more than likely living in a computer simulation.
Thoughts?
Despite the misleading title of this thread, there's nothing crazy about the simulation hypothesis. It's a completely plausible model for reality, which is actively debated between scientists.
Even so, this isn't some highly researched area of science - it's all just hypothesised at this point. Also, the word 'simulation' is used in the most general definition. At this point, we lack the universal understanding necessary to give specifics about what we exactly mean by 'simulation'.
Now that we've discovered gravitational waves, we should be able to probe the universe in ways we couldn't have imagined to before. There's no telling what we'll discover.
P.S. It's not simulation 'theory' as described in the OP. A theory - despite it's butchered use in conversational english - is a fact (theory of evolution, big bang theory, quantum theory, theory of relativity). The OP should say 'hypothesis', rather than 'theory'.
simulation theory fascinates me
good video (joe rogan / duncan trussell) on the topic
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HYPOTHESIS!
Joe Rogan is excellent, though.
this is the matrix.
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