Brain Simulation
- therobotpanda
- Feb 3
- 1 min read
In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed the simulation argument suggesting that if a civilization becomes capable of creating conscious simulations, it could generate so many simulated beings that a randomly chosen conscious entity would almost certainly be in a simulation.
The simulation hypothesis proposes that what one experiences as the real world is actually a simulated reality, such as a computer simulation in which humans are constructs. There has been much debate over this topic in the philosophical discourse, and regarding practical applications in computing.
Variations of the simulation hypothesis essentially originate from, or are offshoots of, the dream hypothesis popularized by ancient philosophers like Zhuangzi and early modern philosophers like René Descartes. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed the simulation argument suggesting that if a civilization becomes capable of creating conscious simulations, it could generate so many simulated beings that a randomly chosen conscious entity would almost certainly be in a simulation.
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