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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Would you happily live your life in a simulation? This prescient 1970s thought experiment suggested not

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Would you happily live your life in a simulation? This prescient 1970s thought experiment suggested not

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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'Experience machines': The 1970s thought experiment that speaks to our times
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Half a century ago, a philosopher imagined a world where we could fulfil our desires through a simulation like in The Matrix movie. He argued we'd prefer reality, but was he right?
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    Some weirdo probably zuck himself

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