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Just curious. A question for folks who think it possible that we may live in a sim. Are our gatekeepers simulating all Everett branches of our simulated reality, or just one of them? If just one, I'm wondering how that one was selected from the astronomical number of possibilities. And how do the gatekeepers morally justify the astronomical number of simulated lives that become ruthlessly terminated each time they arbitrarily choose to simulate one Everett branch over another?
If they are simulating all of the potential branches, wouldn't they expect that agents on at least some of the Everett branches will catch on and try to get out of the box. Wouldn't it seem suspicious if everyone were trying to look innocent? ;)
I'm sorry, I find it difficult to take this whole line of thought seriously. How is this kind of speculation any different from theology?
You suggest that you haven't seen anyone who is trying to get out of the box yet...?
I grew up being taught that I would escape from the box by dying in a state of grace. Now I seem to be in a community that teaches me to escape from the box by dying at a sufficiently low temperature.
Edit: "dying", not "dieing". We are not being Gram stained here!
That made me laugh.
But personally I hope we just figure out all this Singularity box stuff pretty soon.