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Nisan comments on Charles Stross: Three arguments against the singularity - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nisan 22 June 2011 03:59:12PM 5 points [-]

I don't think anyone thinks the simulation argument is any reason to expect a singularity soon so I'm not sure why he bothers with it.

Perhaps Stross is treating Singularitarianism as a package of beliefs. Since people who talk about the Singularity also tend to talk about the Simulation Argument, the package of beliefs must contain the belief that we are living in a simulation. Thus any critique of the belief package must address the question of whether we live in a simulation.