This is a very narrow segment of the space of Simulation Hypotheses, and I don’t see any reason to foreground it in particular. Further, I think that this is too off-topic for Less Wrong at this time.
I certainly had no intention to claim that I invented the underlying idea of Simulism. It certainly has been around for many years. My immediate motivation for posting was to discuss whether “talking snakes” from the previous post could have rational explanations, which can not be easily dismissed. I did not want to spell this outright lest I immediately provoke the flame of some people here.
This is a very narrow segment of the space of Simulation Hypotheses, and I don’t see any reason to foreground it in particular. Further, I think that this is too off-topic for Less Wrong at this time.
Carl and Michael,
I certainly had no intention to claim that I invented the underlying idea of Simulism. It certainly has been around for many years. My immediate motivation for posting was to discuss whether “talking snakes” from the previous post could have rational explanations, which can not be easily dismissed. I did not want to spell this outright lest I immediately provoke the flame of some people here.