Post #2460251
2026-04-22 07:01 UTC
It seems that since I cited one of the most influential paper on the subject, by N. Bostrom ("are you living in a computer simulation?", 2003) I wanted to debunk only that possible version - which for reasons given above, it cannot be entirely done, and I think this is well acknowledged.
However, Bostrom's paper, despite its general philosophical deep implications, explicitly focuses on the "Matrix" scenario I tried to debunk:
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@franco_vazza@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 07:01
So tbh I don't understand how is missing the point here... Moreover, the whole SH is based on the implicit and never proven by anyone idea that computation by itself can create consciousness, so complex digital realities can reach a complexity level to produce conscious beings to fool). It's maybe just an impossible-to-prove fact (how can you prove anyone else but you is conscious?) but hey you wanted to make big claims about the commonly accepted reality, not me.