One independent argument for simulation is “illusions are computationally cheaper”. Every time I observe something which is rare or is computationally difficult, I should suspect that I observe an illusion of it. E.g. if i see a nuclear explosion, it is likely to be a movie or a dream.
The original computer simulation argument is based on this idea of “cheap” simulations. If running human mind simulation is very expensive in sense of combination of amount and price of computations, there will be not many sims.
Simulations are a subset of illusions: all simulations are illusions, but not all illusions are simulations. In other words, illusions are simulation without creator. For example, Boltzmann brains are illusions, but not simulations.
It does not follow that computationally cheaper things are more likely to happen than computationally expensive things. Moreover, describing something as “computationally difficult” is a subjective value judgment (unless you can reasonably prove otherwise) and implies that all actions/events can be reduced to some form of computation.
One independent argument for simulation is “illusions are computationally cheaper”. Every time I observe something which is rare or is computationally difficult, I should suspect that I observe an illusion of it. E.g. if i see a nuclear explosion, it is likely to be a movie or a dream.
The original computer simulation argument is based on this idea of “cheap” simulations. If running human mind simulation is very expensive in sense of combination of amount and price of computations, there will be not many sims.
Simulations are a subset of illusions: all simulations are illusions, but not all illusions are simulations. In other words, illusions are simulation without creator. For example, Boltzmann brains are illusions, but not simulations.
It does not follow that computationally cheaper things are more likely to happen than computationally expensive things. Moreover, describing something as “computationally difficult” is a subjective value judgment (unless you can reasonably prove otherwise) and implies that all actions/events can be reduced to some form of computation.