This Video Game Designer Thinks We're Living in a Simulation

JRE #2151 w/Rizwan Virk
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[@BrianThompsonable]

I'm a cabinet maker and I think we are all living in a cabinet.

[@quikie1984]

😂 well done 👏

[@Steveatetheicecream]

CABINET TRUTHERS UNITE 🎉

[@jswords1977]

🤯🤯🤯

[@Talk378]

Indian in the cupboard was an inside job

[@courageinthedark]

Very much we could be .

[@Lonely_Goat]

If we are living in a simulation why did I get the "work 55 hours with fat wife DLC?"

[@chupapi4815]

😂😂😂

[@804god]

Instead of dollars the developers get paid in your suffering

[@benv3953]

You put your settings on Extreme difficulty

[@CasualCodBoah]

You bought the fat wife dlc urself bro I think you might be into it at this point

[@Rome_22]

@@benv3953😂

[@INDIANBLANKET]

If I am a character in a video game, then the person controlling me has a seriously warped sense of humour.

[@chrisgotvibes]

Energy flows where attention goes. Congratulations. You played yourself.

[@1xBossup]

@@chrisgotvibes😭😂😂😂ur dumb for that lmaooo

[@TariqSunOfYah]

Plot twist. No one's controlling you. You're an NPC.

[@CCCPWarHammer]

amen brother

[@houdinididiit]

Depeche Mode made a song about that

[@BongsAway90]

Imagine dying in this world and waking up in a room in your real body and not too much time passed but it felt like a lifetime , and all the rich people from this world are just no life video game sweats who’ve figured out all the mechanics of this game .

[@kalebdye4378]

Ur too stoned 😂

[@gabriellagelir2027]

I havd really thought about that. When I die, I wake up in a room and take a headset off.

[@BongsAway90]

@@kalebdye4378 yes but no

[@maxx.mazzeo]

😂😂

[@betterd9160]

How about when you die that last moment of death goes on for eternity in our minds and this is where heaven exists. It’s like the theory where if you enter a black hole time slows down to the point where a second takes an eternity to pass.

[@davidhendy7253]

My player has been a noob for 46 years

[@Augfordpdoggie]

he will be a noob next year too , so make it 47 ;)

[@ACFUN34]

You should google the meaning of word "noob" .

[@MiniTutoriel]

@@Augfordpdoggie and yours is rude . So Rude

[@supadrew932]

Lift weights buddy , trust me

[@AntonMoquin-vg1sy]

Have you tried turning off the simulation and turning it back on again.

[@Velnias8]

Joe holding back with all his strength to not start talking about dmt again

[@AteamerHFF]

😂

[@pedroroque829]

I've tried lsd but I'm actually afraid of taking dmt, it's so powerful

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Just finished making a batch, been at it for three weeks and going to get stuck into it on a camping trip.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

​@@pedroroque829you could smoke about the same as the tip off a butter knife and have nice visuals and it would wear off in 15 mins or you can go at it with a few pipes one after the other and meet the others.

[@rosskeddy2522]

Let's go on a trip in more ways than one.😎😉💥😆

[@konkon4488]

Joe trying to act like he hasn’t heard this same theory 100 times before

[@YourLordnAuthority-1]

Becuase it’s true?

[@orangecrusader1177]

​@@YourLordnAuthority-1isn't

[@dogtownoon9791]

He like cool easy check today hit him with the usual question

[@d.godummyy]

@@YourLordnAuthority-1*could be

[@olibauski443]

He just still doesn't understand the principle

[@Randomonium66]

Plot twist: We're all NPCs programmed to never accept that fact.

[@salar1586]

What would happen if we accept, nothing. Alot of people believe it so what

[@TangoNevada]

I bet many people feel like their life is that of an NPC. Get up, go to work, come home, do chores, eat dinner, go to sleep, rinse and repeat. That is basically an NPC. If we're in a simulation, some of us need to be NPC's. And some of us need to be the NPC Dragon. Or just press pause and get back to reality.

[@SouthEastSJ]

I’m a true NPC. The only time I leave the house is when I move house 😂

[@Person-eh9nr]

I’m a simulation and I think we are all living inside of a video game designer

[@dertythegrower]

We are the music makers.

[@crizzo450]

@@dertythegrower And we are the dreamers of dreams.

[@WhiteTeeTurnip]

dude.

[@ReadyPlayerTomVR]

Underrated comment.

[@revddtunivesralbroadcaststash]

funny ..

[@Dremth]

Another fun thing to consider that could suggest a simulation is that data in the universe tends to be represented in the most compact way possible, allowing for the maximum amount of complexity with the minimal amount of waste. It's exactly how an engineer would try to optimize the data. The whole concept of wave-function collapse and other quantum phenomenon allow for incredible fidelity in behavior without needing incredible fidelity in representation, until you need it. Just like in a video game where the computer tries to only care about what you're looking closely at, and everything else is an approximation. You could also see how the speed of light might be analogous to the computer's clock because it's tied so tightly with time. It guarantees everything gets an update, even if you approach the limits of the processor; the entire simulation slows down to devote processor resources to updating the fast-moving object. Everything else still gets its updates, just less frequently.

[@alexanderbean7737]

I like this

[@Maradonaldinho]

"It guarantees everything gets an update, even if you approach the limits of the processor; the entire simulation slows down to devote processor resources to updating the fast-moving object." That's a fascinating thought

[@Maradonaldinho]

@omopurse9668 Just a thought... it might do you good to ask yourself why you're default setting is a negative one. Genuinely, it could help you if you're honest with yourself. Good luck. 🤗

[@shortty7618]

@@Maradonaldinhothink about this. Seriously think about it. Why can’t we see things that are very far away? What’s blocking me from seeing something clear, that is way off in the distance? A tree. A piece of paper. Any kind of object. Why from a certain distance, is that object blurry, and as you get closer, you see more and more detail. Sounds like rendering to me.

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

​@@MaradonaldinhoI often find my default setting shift to negative too when commenting online. I essentially agree with your comment. I think part of it is that we didn't evolve to encounter so many people we don't know, and their opinions, without having to meet them physically.

[@dyland7350]

I didn't realize my stoned ass childish hypotheticals were the basis of an entire college course. Modern Education really is a scam.

[@dyland7350]

@omopurse9668 that would mean the 'dead internet' theory holds more weight than initially expected.

[@christopherharris8312]

Simulation theory isnt a childish hypothetical. If its researched enough and proves to be true it could be massive technologically.

[@fity_4696]

Realize Joe gives a platform to the craziest of the crazy now.

[@dyland7350]

@@christopherharris8312 I believe that theorizing about our reality in such a grandiose way is important for our collective awareness as a species, but ultimately unconfirmed since we are unable to verify our theories. It's speculation land. There's also an element of bias that's hard to eliminate since we sit dead in the middle of the simulation. For instance, What if there are constraints placed by God himself which limit our baseline perception of the Simulation? That would mess all of our notation up big time.

[@bofasofa9399]

Ah yes, because that one college course is definitely not just a random elective being given at a random university

[@blockboyRP]

Im a banker I think we’re all living in debt

[@starsixtyseven195]

Your not wrong, no one owns anything anymore its all debt

[@DannyTillotson]

Most accurate comment

[@scruf153]

I am debt free all thanks to minimum wage jobs house is paid for at 48 I doing fine

[@audiarayz]

​@@scruf153🥇

[@yoshiworkmusic]

😂

[@RapTalesRewind]

My mom died in 2012.. if she is out of the simulator, Im asking her to pls top up my account, add more perks, and fix some things in the past. Come on, Mama!

[@Jakob.Hamburg]

According to some believe-systems, this will work. Keep us informed!

[@coryleblanc]

probly works if you pray

[@Mpackp]

Ask her for 1600 Microsoft points!

[@LiquorBeaver]

Don’t count on it She’s a deadbeat

[@caincotterill5493]

Classic👊🏼🇬🇧

[@GhxstKeeper]

I think we’re all micro humans living on Joe’s bald head

[@meanmug5258]

They did a really good job programing the illness im dealing with. Feels very real.

[@killacam9286]

That is a technological glitch/ abnormalitie within the simulation ecosystem. Also can refer to it as a virus.

[@Maradonaldinho]

Need to file a #bugreport (Sorry, couldn't resist a programming joke. I wish you the best of luck with your illness and I hope that all the rest, relaxation and recuperation that could possibly come your way, does.)

[@TangoNevada]

I know,. Can I go to options and turn off the Ulcerative Colitis Option? And turn on the Super Healthy Option? And the Arthritis Option, I want that turned off as well. Whomever is playing me, please turn the difficulty level down to easy or novice. Or use a cheat code for God Mode.

[@anobar]

​@@TangoNevadalook into carnivore diet

[@TangoNevada]

@@anobar Been there, done that. I understand it works for some. But we're all different.

[@MyNameJeff..]

My buddy and I were golfing about 10 years ago and I explained simulation theory to him. He took a hit from his bowl and blew out smoke and was just like “my guy gets me high all day.” I still crack tf up that to this day

[@dowhatiwantc7637]

That’s hilarious sounds like a similar simulation to mine

[@remarkablenine8302]

That’s hysterical 😂😂😂😂😂

[@billsgym5579]

@@dowhatiwantc7637 My buddy and I were golfing about 10 years ago and I explained simulation theory to him. He took a hit from his bowl and blew out smoke and was just like “my guy gets me high all day.” I still crack tf up that to this day

[@Probabilityislife]

That's mine but the real sick twist is I hate smoking and always try to quit for my health and longevity. Yet still I'm getting high everyday, all day.

[@michelep9825]

Cause he doesn't waste his time on that bullshit theory

[@lc-ii9ii]

Yes let's trust a guy who tried to lean on a VR ping pong table

[@fishingbruh]

No shit, he even said it was way back when, when the VR games were still shitty af. I had “fancy pricey vr “ in 2019, and it still sucked. This guys a loon

[@kevingeorge7843]

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@thisisblain]

😭😭

[@shelley1004]

Lol

[@youriemanuel7637]

Made me laugh out loud

[@SuperYrch]

When we die, you wake up on a couch holding a bong sitting next to your alien friends and they say, "did you feel it?"

[@53strat55]

Exactly lol, been saying this shit too. Only difference its on a alien ship or something.

[@dudeman5812]

I know dude. I’m hoping it’s just something like that and we wake up to a less depressing and strife filled world. Or maybe the majority is just unhealthy right now. Idk but working life away and going through so much pain can’t be real

[@jacobaaron1250]

I remember seeing that meme on ifunny like a decade ago, lol it’s certainly an interesting thought

[@FigurativeDreams]

@@jacobaaron1250 nerd nerd broek gescheurd

[@jacobaaron1250]

@@FigurativeDreams are you being mean to me lol

[@ruperteverton5497]

So basically we're living in a simulation because this guy got too immersed in something that looks like Wii Table Tennis? Got it.

[@PRICEX]

Lmao

[@gibbethoskins8621]

U didn't watch it all the way through did you? This is the generation of short attention spans and assumptions. Got it.

[@rdzfreshxx809]

😂

[@devinpledger2251]

More to it then that. Hes a computer science programmer. Life isn't that simple kido.

[@BigBoss-lp9yi]

Maybe, maybe not. Further analysis needed 👌🏾

[@RoxieParadox]

I stared up at the sun today. Only to realize that I was seeing it from the inside out because we in fact, are living inside the sun.

[@Daumat_]

You know the topic is scary, when absolutley all comments are jokes.

[@ahmed25janegy]

Or the comments are all jokes because this theory is ridiculous

[@silvervayne8749]

@@ahmed25janegy What's so ridiculous about it?

[@daedalus1]

It is an esoteric theory and difficult for most to understand. Thus, people mock what they do not understand in order to minimize it. The human ego is a powerful force.

[@swooshdutch4335]

​@@tristang6223 but the catch is if we are living in a simulation everything you believe to be true is an illusion, thats the point he is making, you cant really prove its happening if it is... in your experience there is an entire human history and earth history and your own history, but how do you know that is real ? how do you know its not just simulated history and today is actually the first day of your existance...you can never know for sure... you could argue but books have been written, biology proves i have existed X amount of time or whatever, but if you bring in the argument that it is all there because its simulated...the biology and books mean nothing because the simulation would of simulated those too....and in that same line of thought you cant use our evolution to disprove simulation, because maybe we never did evolve and everything is simulated, you just believe we evolved as a species and created tech etc...but who says that actually happend and its not just implanted memory ?

[@EWT123]

@@daedalus1nailed it.

[@RogerMance]

Im a procrastinator, I'll think about where i think we live some other time.

[@dickiedooda.3271]

Gonna write a book on procrastination, when I get around to it.

[@damienkilcannonvryce]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JosephOcasio]

Lmao

[@Securityman86]

Hahaha

[@CursedWheelieBin]

If there’s one thing worth procrastinating about, it’s this

[@vladusa]

Think about this: if we pair simulations with stable diffusion and incredibly high levels of computation, the universe can be simulated with a simple set of mathematical functions.

[@VictorDelPrete]

Summary: “in other words, scientists believe in creation now.”

[@bloatedsodium7301]

To unlock the simulation, simply press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start.

[@Sadioli]

I tried that and accidentally no-clipped out of reality 🥴

[@grimlocked2524]

Contra?!

[@SoakintheSchadenfreude]

Instructions unclear: my family is all stuck in the t-pose position.

[@Youd876]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Swift_Arrow_]

This is the way

[@jpmilligan213]

Deja vu is just you reloading to a previous save.

[@jimmyj8161]

Haha, and really memory cards are our coffins, when ejected no more loads left when we die 😂😂😂😂

[@Kspice9000]

? Nah deju vu is the same event glitch restarting.

[@pl9915]

Maybe if there was a loading screen . . wait

[@Broc971]

Fuckkkkkk 🤯

[@Beavisofficial]

No it's not, it's your brain correcting a memory. Get it right kid.

[@jmkfitness2195]

Was anyone else really hoping Joe or Jamie was going to bring up the “Mandela effect” to Robert? Especially when he was talking about variables being changed and some people having memories of the past where that particular variable was different? For example, the monopoly man wearing a monocle. To this day, I still have a clear memory of drawing the monopoly man with a monocle when I was a kid for one of my school home work projects, I remember trying to draw a perfect circle for it searching around my mums bedroom trying to find a small ring that would fit just right over his eye and trace over it. A pretty interesting listen, one thing we can’t forgot which is so true. Imagine the VR Simulation technology in 1000 years. It would be next level.

[@BlackTheDripper]

Imagine it in 1000 years? That's probably what our more advanced selves said 1000 years ago. 😂

[@TangoNevada]

They do cover the Mandela effect on this Podcast. And accurately sum it up to false memories., by what amounts to very few people.

[@NinjaNovice]

You're confusing the "Monopoly Man" with the Pringles guy.

[@TangoNevada]

@@NinjaNovice Or is it Mr. Peanut?

[@BlueMarbleApeMan]

You likely just confused the Monopoly Man with images of Mr. Peanut who had a tophat (like MM) and a monocle. Most ME examples can be easily explained as a mixing up or misremembering of things

[@Thorcat001]

The problem with this theory is that it assumes because we are simulated humans that the other end is a human or a body altogether. It could be some kind of eternal being wanting to know what a physical body feels like

[@raineedaytinyfilms]

Exactly

[@raineedaytinyfilms]

… almost like we’re his children

[@meggg3]

It’s some kind of “robot” that being self aware or something and made their own simulation to understand themselves idk

[@FingerLickinGoood]

how do you program what a physical body feels like without ever being in a physical body? also how are they getting the experience of a physical body while being inside digital code in a simulation, seems like the opposite direction.

[@jopo7996]

Imagine someone in a wheelchair, or extreme abject poverty thinking, 'if this is a simulation, WTF?'

[@TP-pq9xx]

It’s really exactly the same idea as believing in a god’s “plan” that’s preordained

[@heelmoxley365]

You gotta buy the middle class pack for 49.99.

[@dertythegrower]

or a JoPo without a funny comment on JRE

[@adammiller8597]

Broke my tibia and fibula so I'm in a wheelchair now until I heal up but damn I wish this was a simulation cuz I am in pain everyday brother lol

[@BartT75]

AKA 'Free to play'

[@SupervisorJimLahey]

I’m a drunk trailer park supervisor and we are living in the liquor.

[@Rarasrevenge]

fuckin way she goes

[@krisztiankovacs9222]

Time for a little drinky poo

[@tothetexaschiefalotrecords738]

Drunk

[@-KillaWatt-]

I am the liquor

[@adamdavis5312]

Anointed in the liquor ..

[@SKoGoMoney]

I'm unsure if I am replaying the simulation in a different way. I genuinely think I was a fallschrimjaeger in WWII. German came extremely easy to me even though nobody near me speaks it, and I have memories of combat. I joined the US Army infantry and became a paratrooper. I might be stuck on repeat with different variables.

[@jimmyjazz7693]

the fact that this could EASILY explain the Mandela Effect & Deja Vu scares the TF out of me.

[@gman1185]

Dude, I couldn't agree more, jeez

[@salar1586]

Deja Vu is an illusion, it happens when the left or the right side of your brain works a little bit slower. I got 1000 deja vu's in 5 days because i got so high it was scary. People 100 years ago didnt have the problems we have today and we don't live in a simulation

[@m1ye492]

there are multiple other explanations for both of those things, though.

[@PaulMaguire-tf8sq]

I’m a fleshlight and I think we’re all screwed

[@calistogauva707]

⬆️ This.

[@stevenkmcdonald]

😂😂😂😂 crazy

[@RealMTBAddict]

Shakeweights agree

[@kenhmful]

😂😂

[@WishUponaDarkstar]

Better wash that thing starts smelling like vinegar.

[@chlorr1n3]

I think we're all staring at a screen watching two others talk about being in a screen.

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

Eastern philosophy has, for thousands of years, called it MAYA: the VEIL of ILLUSION. TIME & SPACE, huh? What a concept.

[@meggg3]

They say time is the fourth dimension

[@timytidy60]

​@meggg3 no, it is 6th dimension.

[@meggg3]

@@timytidy60 literally google “what dimension is time”

[@flabi20]

Ima private chef. I think we’re all living in a gluten free pesto and mozzarella crepe.

[@SiimKoger]

It's actually a very good point which I haven't thought about before. VR doesn't have to be as realistic as the base reality, it just has to be realistic enough for you to forget that something more real exists.

[@nKm-2023]

Or your memory is wiped when entering this simulation (you start as a baby and have to learn everything from scratch) then when you go back, your original memory is restored along with the memory of the life you just lived in this simulation. Also we have 5 senses here but in base reality we might have 20 (or 100) so this might be a really dumbed down simulation but since we are inside with only the 5 senses, it is as real as it gets to us until we get out.

[@klin1klinom]

I think he's missing the key point of simulation hypothesis, which is everything is an NPC. There's no one hooked up to the "Matrix" on the other side.

[@SiimKoger]

@@klin1klinom If everyone and everything is NPC then no one is 😄

[@unrealhaole]

Literally Plato’s allegory of the cave, and his theory of forms.

[@EthanReadsHisBooks]

It's a dumb point.

[@charltonlyon8865]

Well whoever is running this simulation… simulate some more funds to my bank account

[@RealMTBAddict]

Are you Ukraine?

[@charltonlyon8865]

@@RealMTBAddict lol 😂 they bought the dlc package to get tons of money

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@charltonlyon8865 Shit about 35 DLCs 🤣

[@vitaly2432]

Should've bought a season pass. Look at Elon Musk, he's doing great.

[@charlesjiles5674]

Same here lmfaooo

[@OaknSuki]

Every time I blink, I live a new life because it goes dark and then light. “You can’t live without the opposites.”

[@OgRic35]

This reminds me of one of my favorite theories, especially the memory part being possible memories from earlier simulations. Basically, its the theory that the universe is so vast and so old, that anything people can think of has existed at some point in the past or another part of the universe. Applying this theory to the simulation theory would be something like anything people can think of has existed or happened at some point in a previous simulation.

[@up_late_nyckobe]

I’m a plumber and I think we are living in a toilet. 🤪

[@geraltofbolivia9428]

You aren’t wrong 😭

[@quickcanary]

Only one way to tell for sure - you'll have to check the system logs 🪵😦

[@JakeJohnson-dg6xu]

Your not funny like at all just watch the video a listen. I can tell your white

[@herefortheluls2267]

Off subject, I'll take this opportunity to mention a conversation I had with a plumber. After hiring him, he walked into my bathroom and said as if speaking to the gods, "it smells like money in here." I wasn't expecting that, to say the least. I laughed my butt off, of course, but plumbers are interesting people.

[@TreyParker318]

Was literally about to make this comment 😅

[@sirdigbychickencaesar71]

Simulation theory makes my life make sense for me because I feel like iv been getting trolled by admin my whole life.

[@zachhessler8722]

Ever try calling tech support?

[@sirdigbychickencaesar71]

@@zachhessler8722 Yeah but its a lot like Bethesda, no matter how many tickets you open you never get a response.

[@GhilenPeek]

If we were living in a simulation, why would our designers want us to KNOW that we are living in a simulation. Its not like you have Kratos turning to the camera and telling us "I don't want to do this shit anymore, this is stupid"

[@claudiamanta1943]

Maybe because it’s more sadistic fun for them. Why not?

[@Allthrashedout.]

actually the fact that we are all bound by the laws of pyschics is the give away….

[@RichardGofourth]

I'm a plumber and I think we're all living in a toilet .

[@Not_A_Tourist]

Welcome to San Francisco.

[@Leick42]

That's the shit

[@yamahakid450f]

Well, the world in general has gone to shit in a hand basket.... makes total sense. And 'gone to shit' doesn't even begin to describe the crime ridden diarrhea shit holes that are ran by the democratic blue states.

[@youclogthemweclearthem2394]

Probably as close to the truth as it’s gonna get.

[@dontsleeponyourstomach]

Born to shit forced to wipe

[@baa9223]

Joes hierarchy of relationships: Dog Wife Kids

[@hereticalhobby]

As it should be 😂😂😂

[@imranak12]

Where is bears?

[@LordDeuce-ul7my]

Hey why would you put the wife before the kids?

[@nicemediagroup]

Dog Kids Wife***

[@stefanfreestylez]

@@hereticalhobbydogs are for work and they are happiest doing that. What people have done to them is just sick. Also if you get attached to an animal more than humans (especially your own offspring) you need to seriously question your sanity.

[@ChambersRacing9862]

I'm a mechanic, and I'm living out of my car

[@IspiguiteSuperlativeThought]

This is the type of conversation I could listen to all day

[@jacquesjackes]

This guy took a selfie and concluded it must be a simulation. I know that feeling too well

[@dennis-ln5tq]

bruh 😂😂

[@bennypit4411]

Don't ever let this guy read a Ron L Hubbard help book...he'll be hooked.

[@chrisgotvibes]

Congratulations. You played yourself.

[@shhwho7769]

“Space doesn’t exist” somewhere Eddie bravo smiles

[@jacknapier7613]

I’m a landscaper and this is all ONE huge yard

[@thescottishbawbag]

it was all going so well now I'm stuck on the same level for years .

[@YourLordnAuthority-1]

Becuase you manifested that kind of lifestyle.

[@lukeleon1720]

I'm John Malkovich and I think we are all John Malkovich.

[@dredwick]

You win

[@more.art.less.war.]

Checks out

[@Sniglefloyd]

Malkovich, Malkovich?

[@vicaras1]

I don't sound like that !

[@TerryOffDairy]

“Being John Malkovich” is an amazing movie

[@Zetherior]

Praying before bed is how you make requests for your daily simulation variables.

[@hubriswonk]

hahahahaha!!!!!

[@totsh2056]

But maybe heaven and hell really do exist and it's just basically version 2.0 where they put all the bad characters from the first simulation in one shitty simulation and put all the good characters in another cool utopian simulation. We're just living in some dude's college experiment.

[@EauRouge]

Hahaha....good joke

[@weltschmerz333]

you dont have to pray, praying is just a way to set your intent, all you have to do is set intent, but whatever works

[@ilkos853]

I think you are joking but this exactly is how I really feel. Ask and you shall receive. And i have received. God bless you people 🙏

[@jacqaviousclines3225]

Right when it gets real good it’s cuts off where are the full episodes?

[@KevinBurns86]

I'm an English teacher and I cannot get out of the classroom.

[@diptonsauce1985]

this was a really interesting conversation and a flashback to the golden days of JRE guests that we've never heard of. I was super bummed when it ended.

[@Crackers360]

I’m not religious but it makes me laugh how people can’t see that simulation theory is just creationism, they’ve just switched “god” for “programmer” it’s literally the exact same thing!

[@SeeSawMassacre]

You make a good point. Reminds me of an unattributed quote: "Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the Bible." Ironically, the quote is commonly attributed to Napoleon, though there is no evidence of his saying or writing it.

[@Disinfo321]

One is fabricated stories over time, another is something scientists are trying to comprehend. It’s a theory, religion is stories.

[@SeeSawMassacre]

@@Disinfo321 Creationism is at least as scientifically viable as the theory of everything coming from a singularity with no explained origin or cause for expansion. Just because one theory aligns with a lot of religions, doesn't mean it is in itself religious. Also, there are many books in the Bible that are not primarily narrative based, or "stories". The book of proverbs, for instance, is a book of proverbs. One could just as easily dismiss this theory of simulation as a story that was fabricated over time. And it's laughably convenient (as evidenced by all the laughing in the comments) that this theory is being considered at the precise time that people are dealing in and creating complex simulations. They're like a kid with a new toy. One of the key differences between the theoretical science mankind is always involved in, and the books of the Bible is that the Bible foretells what will happen and is not wrong. Mankind on the other hand thought Columbus would fall off the side of the earth, that we'd all be living on the moon with jetpacks, and millions of other predictions that were supposedly arrived at scientifically, but never came to pass. That people put so much faith in the pseudo science of their respective lifetimes, while laughing at the science of yesteryear is strange.

[@Balkanlegija]

So Many theories Had become Stories...our todays theories will follow

[@tedsheridan8725]

That Pillip K Dick idea about memories from multiple time lines flooding back is exactly what Recursion by Blake Crouch is about. Cool book.

[@razorblade6939]

I’m a roofer and I think we’re living in a loft

[@thebigcheese5114]

I think it would be cool to find out that when you get old you are in a simulation and you get to return to the real world where you’ve been asleep as a teenager and you get a chance to live your younger years with the wisdom of an adult.

[@sko1beer]

Nah man it’s all real let your wife find out about your girl friend and see how real it is

[@toordog1753]

Thats why some feel they're reincarnated. They chose to start a new simulation.

[@Aenigmakil]

That would be EPIC

[@AurenGlytterkat]

What if you wake up and you’re old and/or disabled, and you’ve been in the simulation (here) to escape THAT life…….. treasure what you’ve got while you’ve got it. ✌🏼

[@No1_Inpa_Ticular]

I’m telling you “Roy A Life Well Lived” that Morty plays at Chipz and Blitz is pretty much what we’re doing in real life right now. When someone finishes the level or dies it’s hilarious to watch them as they take the headset off and for a few seconds have absolutely no idea where they are and what happened. That’s followed by a huge sigh of relief when you realize that scary Earth place wasn’t real. Going from living in only 3 dimensions to the real world is an absolute mind fook and never gets old to experience. That’s why we keep playing

[@adeptus-1118]

So we're in a free to play, pay to win mmo rpg.

[@RayRiv73]

Definitely P2W

[@M.A.D.C.A.T]

Open world. But its just a word and a label to re describe the same explanation given by religion. The closer everyone gets to "figuring it out" the more they will see how much it falls in line with religion. Its just words and labels trying to redefine the same arguments across all of time.

[@nashambenyisrael7689]

Pretty much, you need the elite rich dlc to progress faster

[@littleAE86thatcould]

PvPvE

[@reaganturner6892]

Best comment 😂

[@johnv6759]

Superposition, Delayed-Choice Experiment, Simulation Theory and Mandela Effect. Same thing.

[@iagreewithme8577]

I’m the programmer that wrote the code for cancer, you’re welcome, don’t mention it.

[@therealkRon1k]

I'm a Beatle, and I think we are all living in a Yellow Submarine.

[@scruf153]

at least it's bright and chearfull

[@king_hagi5442]

Showing your age there lad

[@therealkRon1k]

@@king_hagi5442 nah, just happened to see the documentary the other day lol

[@OldskoolAnthemsYoutube]

You need some HELP

[@nickwheeler1652]

​@@OldskoolAnthemsKZbinyes creativity needs to be abolished

[@vicodinsandwich326]

I’m a Mechanic and I think we are all living in a PT Cruiser

[@BS-nd8pb]

Wood paneled

[@jajupa78]

I'm also the mechanic and i know we are all living in a PT cruiser inside a Pontiac Aztec..

[@UncleBuZ]

@@jajupa78 ...whilst crashing directly into the rear of a Pontiac Pinto.

[@odoylerules4503]

with wood panels and second hand smoke residue on the dash

[@gurdeepcheema1527]

Dated a girl once who had one…. Wtf was I thinking

[@dlakecreatesclips]

This was so damn valuable. Thank you so much for putting so much thought into this stuff.

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

The conclusion that we're in a computer simulation doesn't follow from the premise that there's no physical universe.

[@MichaelDeFillippo8889]

This is exactly what I would expect a video game designer to say...

[@JB-1138]

Right?

[@phabcarter]

Bingo

[@YourLordnAuthority-1]

Because it’s true?

[@d.godummyy]

12 out of 1 million likes is a sign😂😂

[@JuicyTobacco]

@@YourLordnAuthority-1 You just want it to be true.

[@gravity_uk]

As someone with bpd and a detachment of reality, constantly feeling like I'm in a video game as a symptom, this subject spins my head

[@sickman2780]

I’m weak me too bruh 💀

[@poortrashcan]

i get more of like a blankness feeling like im already dead or something

[@poortrashcan]

or that just like the present moment doesn’t exist

[@Nick-mx3pb]

Can I say my soul is restless? It's not a good feeling

[@deanzambardi2991]

You are 'the one!'

[@ThonBauer]

Very good. I wanna listen to the whole episode. I've read his book (Simulation hypothesis) twice and also the Simulated multiverse

[@BasicBobby]

I’m a fart maker I think we’re all living in a colon.

[@NVSTRZ34]

If this is a simulation, I want my six pack back

[@lordfrieza3982]

Gota buy it

[@hermitcrabs]

I feel ya 😂.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Gotta call UPGRAAYYDE

[@777Revolutionary]

That’s the next DLC

[@JustBaileey]

My experience on this matter is to be single lol. I was shredded before I got into a relationship 😂

[@KalvinRauma]

When you're bleeding out from a massive wound and your slowly fading away in pain it sure doesn't feel like a simulation

[@igotHandlewhat]

The point is, you don’t remember knowing anything else, so of course reality would feel like reality, until you experience reality differently like we all starting to do, with psychadelics and NDEs being the most sudden and obvious of ways to get to see something more real than “real”. When you have that experience of what is commonly referred to as awakening, well there is no hiding anymore behind lazy logic

[@edgoodavage5090]

It does as you slip away from your corporal form and realize you are so much more than just a electrically charged meat suit

[@MohamedMohamed-tr2rz]

Quran 50:19

[@Paul-hi1qo]

This is the worthless stuff your brain gets into when you no longer have real problems.

[@thatguyfromsandiego2660]

You gotta imagine augmented reality to a point where you feel it as real. That’s what it would be like, they’d have to make it as real as possible to keep the simulation masked. It has to be complex, otherwise a microscope would expose it pretty quickly.

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

He’s not wrong. For those who have never heard of Simulation Theory, I highly suggest looking into it.

[@Mothball_man]

Simulations mimic reality. So naturally, reality appears to mimic simulations.

[@TheSavageGent]

Rpg sim reminds me of Plato’s perspective that the soul must “participate” with the world if there is a freewill. Also believed that the soul(or mind but technically “soul”)can exist separately from the body!

[@mr.pritchard67]

This man is so much more than a videogame designer and has many interviews on many other channels that are worth watching.

[@mr.pritchard67]

@@viperz22 Just search KZbin with his name and there are a whole bunch that will pop up for you. There really are too many to list.

[@chady77077]

yup his Onlyfans channels are amazing. Simulation? More like Stimulation....

[@crystalpad2010]

The devs of life took microtransactions and broken mechanics to a whole new level

[@moneyraylucas7161]

Joe saying his dog reacts like he always does made me just picture Marshall with the biggest smile on his face lol

[@SO-if3yn]

I manage a warehouse, I think we’re all in a large warehouse living on the back of a turtle flying through space.

[@user-yw9ys3dz7x]

Maturin?

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Nice. I mean Noice.

[@anthony91688]

Sometimes things sort of just .. end..

[@MrGenenmi]

Hey! I manage a warehouse too! I think we're all stock mutations.

[@user-ln8cs9ev3l]

okay soiled fool

[@RealMTBAddict]

So when is UPGRAYDE gonna inflate my bank account?

[@agrandcanyonoffucksgiven2776]

Only one d?

[@theschmedaparadox1018]

Shut up I'm watching Ow my balls!

[@mr.hoppelelefant2350]

Inflation in progress..

[@wiggum7663]

I wonder when the dlc is. Cause I’m sure getting bored of the base game.

[@isaiasanchez1987]

Is that the pimp from Idiocracy?

[@bentonroach9528]

I was scrolling through the comments, then i took an arrow to the knee...

[@mattwasilewicz9677]

You inwah!

[@sopretty43vr]

think about how we can’t just travel country to country without a passport

[@tylermcdonald9475]

7:45 what Joe is talking about is known as "Last Thursdayism," the idea that the universe was created last Thursday, with the appearance of being much older - including your "memories" of things supposedly happening prior to last Thursday.

[@Erik-V]

Why Thursday? Why not... Tuesday?

[@jacobaaron1250]

@@Erik-VI think Thursday was just the day they picked lol

[@twilight79010]

@@Erik-V It's just a thought experiment. The day of the week doesn't matter. The point is that your memories of the past could be artificial.

[@illicit008]

Everyday is Tuesday in Tartarus.

[@corona_beforecorona]

It's Tuesday and I still don't care.

[@muchlovegambine949]

I honestly believe this. My dad god rest his soul used to always tell me. “Life is a game. You have to play to win. The only thing is when you die it’s over. No resets.”

[@jackolis7050]

To me it’s more of a gift than a game. Just have fun living and love the people around you

[@PRES-TRUMP]

​@jackolis7050 you must have abundance

[@d.godummyy]

@@jackolis7050don’t you have fun playing games? And grow to love the characters within it if the story is good?

[@kevinhamilton9920]

*Laughs in reincarnation*

[@muchlovegambine949]

@@jackolis7050 death is the gift life the test to see what gift you receive after the test

[@weekendliving5093]

Dudes been eating too much curry, it’s cooked his brain

[@otherspectre1879]

Dissapointing comment. Atleast challenge some of his points specifically.

[@naveenkumar-qm7ze]

He’s an American who eats pigs and cows

[@Davidson0617]

Seeing how we're only given 1 lives, and 0 respawns. We kind of have no choice but to treat it as if it is reality.

[@bluelootgoblin]

How do you know?😂

[@Davidson0617]

@@bluelootgoblin lol

[@Car5rtui]

Who knows we might play a different game as soon as this one is over

[@Davidson0617]

@@Car5rtui sure. That's no less likely than a magical sky daddy + eternal afterlife.

[@claypennington602]

I like to simulate multiple sandwiches at lunchtime. I make slight alterations to the sandwich code. Every time I run a new simulation I DO get deja vu. I think “this is very similar to the sandwich I remember experiencing just a moment ago” I eat for science

[@bigredactionsportsstuff1245]

I’m a middle schooler and I think we are all living inside your mom.

[@heelmoxley365]

Got emmmm!

[@adriang3688]

W

[@wikdjester961]

Take this like.

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

😂

[@jlawbroski8763]

I’m a plumber and I think we live in a plumb

[@Cosmic1_8_7]

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” ― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

[@annaflick8686]

Tao

[@progrocker2112]

"There is the Tao that can be spoken of but it is not the eternal Tao, there is the Tao that can be named but it is not the eternal name." Call it Tao, God, Allah, a simulation designer...doesn't matter to me, doesn't change my life.

[@sativacation]

“Man who stands on toilet high on pot.” - P.F. Chang

[@jackcarren8781]

By that logic, doesn't Tao not know??? 🤨

[@HoldMeBack]

​@jackcarren8781 lol I know right. Like saying a mime is the smartest person ever

[@Roger-il8iw]

I was a detective for years, and have had bizzare premonitions and dreams forever that I never tell people about because they’ll think I’m crazy. I firmly believe we are in a simulation and someone exists outside of it.

[@vesturedippedinblood4450]

Jesus Christ is Lord

[@Basickitch]

Can you share more?

[@kbellanger4140]

Nope

[@Roger-il8iw]

@@Basickitch i mean simulation theory is way more believable than evolution from lightning striking soup. Is it really so hard to believe?

[@nooma2613]

@@Roger-il8iw I'd love to hear some intuition/precognition type stories, if you'd like to share

[@OPTICXPROTOTYPE]

Am I the only one who has extremely vivid and sequence like bouts of dejavú?? I have had episodes where I can actively recall a specific conversation and every word said with people I have just met as it’s happening in real time.

[@Disinfo321]

I get it all the time, but really bad. Somebody will be about to say something and I’ll know what they’re going to say because it’s happened before, but then I’m convinced this exact scenario has happened multiple times over.

[@commanderofthecrop1930]

If a simulation is good enough to be indistinguishable from real life, that wouldn't be a fun game. Objective 1: Go work a 12 hour shift.

[@bluelootgoblin]

How fun it will be with max stats already?

[@evrgrn7518]

I'm a cereal girl and I think we're all living in a cereal world.

[@jordanalexander1592]

heyy lol

[@kina24249]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@starkid9736]

cereal

[@Jamba-wl8ez]

Wheeler’s delayed choice quantum eraser is about setting up your receiver in a configuration where it can’t know which side of the black hole the light went around (and therefore you see an interference pattern as if the light travelled as a wave and went around both sides) or setting up your receiver so it CAN know, like telescopes looking at either possibility (then your detector will show it went around one side OR the other, and will not show an interference pattern.) The only two conclusions are that the light KNEW how you were going to set up your experiment and acted in a certain way (weird) or that the decision you made today about how to set up your experiment changed something that happened 1 million years ago (even weirder).

[@Alex.R.O.P]

You're still dreaming when you wake up from your own world and you can't bring actual things with you from any of the realities..

[@michaelwoodsdale460]

I’m a therapist and think we’re all living in denial

[@RestlessRizz]

I'm an architect, and I think we are all living in someone's attic.

[@detader8846]

Attic of God

[@gregory_bear]

Except those who live in the basement.

[@ericlandry7890]

LMAO hilarious

[@djamelreilly5433]

Took me a second to appreciate, that was funny 😄

[@HeebieJeeBee]

😂

[@objectinstantiation]

I’m an earthling and think we’re all living on Earth.

[@Tootbook]

Gasp