And the obvious reason why that some superintelligence would be rolling a realistic simulation, is that this is a simulation meant to gain information about a lower-level universe that is very similar to this one.
My bullshit detector is triggered by this.
Yes, sure, this is a hypothesis. A plausible-sounding just-so story. But why are we supposed to privilege it in particular, compared to all the other alternatives? What evidence do we actually have in favor of it?
My bullshit detector is triggered by this.
Yes, sure, this is a hypothesis. A plausible-sounding just-so story. But why are we supposed to privilege it in particular, compared to all the other alternatives? What evidence do we actually have in favor of it?