SIMULATION THEORY (Documentary) - Is Reality Simulated?

Elon Musk has argued that we almost certainly live in a simulated reality. Is he correct? This documentary explores the philosopher Nick Bostrom’s now famous Simulation Argument, and the possibility that we live in a simulation created by an advanced civilization.
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[@metaRising]

Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy this episode. What do you think about the simulation argument? Do we live in base reality?

[@jasonlevy1221]

Yes

[@neoman285]

Great video. I think the reports of NDEs, DMT experiences etc., make it quite obvious we are not in a “base” reality. As far as simulations, I doubt an intelligent race could make a simulation that complex, without first solving the hard problem of consciousness through experiments on psychedelics or quantum physics. Why make a simulation when you know that your own consciousness is eternal? After death, you probably design universes from an entirely different viewpoint. Making worlds in this reality seems quite pointless compared to that. I absolutely think that we are in a kind of creation or work of art, but “simulation” means a copy, a fake version of something, and somehow I don’t think that that is likely or even desirable at least from this reality and point of view. It seems like a waste of energy to me. Love your stuff and the Bloodborne song. Keep it up!

[@metaRising]

@@neoman285 Thanks! Glad you found it interesting. Perhaps advanced civilizations will make simulations simply for the purpose of exploring other identities. Glad you picked up on the Bloodborne music. It really is a beautiful track!

[@jacktalcott]

Excellent production and discussion. As for the simulation/reality question... does it "matter"? Physics shows the emptiness of matter, and the fact that all forms are actually forms of energy. "We" are individual forms of memories that believe we matter because we have been given physical forms. In the vastness of time/space, we are absolutely insignificant, but at the same time what we experience and do lasts throughout time. These bodies are "angel suits" for our Spirits to experience this dimension of physicality. In my mind, we are like remotely guided (yet free willed) beings of consciousness, kind of like in a video game (thus similar to simulation). To "receive" the controls from beyond physicality and time, we must sense/listen to the subtle inner guidance (similar to Ancient wisdom of meditation and conscious practices). Life is for experiencing, learning, and reconnecting to the Divine Source of Consciousness. Space/Time created us in the paradox of duality, for us to create the space/time of the future. We are Imagined and created Beings, who imagine and create our own futures based upon Universal Laws beyond our limited comprehensions. Yesterday and before are memories, tomorrow is imagined, and right "Now" is perceived... we are thoughts.

[@jimmycorkhill1390]

Did Bostrom not have a proposition that civilizations cannot achieve technological maturity? or that nature is technological maturity and our attempts are mere folly? Best wishes.

[@ronduanthony9667]

I had the nerve to smoke a joint before watching this🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jacobpeck9372]

Ur just asking for a bad trip🤣

[@Mumu-qq1sm]

You had no choice, it was predetermined long ago.

[@scrd6673]

🤣🤣🤣

[@scrd6673]

I'm geeked done zoned out the whole video

[@squid_shit9748]

Me beyond high rn. Smoking dabs

[@bubbleguminserts_surprizeguma]

If this is a simulation, my player needs to send me in the past, when Bitcon was 1$.

[@murrayflewelling1258]

Mine needs to kick me in the head for telling all my friends to by BNB at $5 , while not loading up myself...lol

[@a.t2103]

If you understand crypto, you’ll know it’s heading to be 1$ again one day.

[@bubbleguminserts_surprizeguma]

@@a.t2103 That probably already happened , ....but in a paralel univers

[@BruceWaynesFactory]

@@a.t2103 yeah in 3 billion years when generations don’t even know what Bitcoin is

[@a.t2103]

@@BruceWaynesFactory loool this current human civilisation doesn’t have more than 300 years left bro, look what we have done to the planet

[@islandhealinggypsyhart9928]

Excellent video!

[@handlewithcare729]

Superb

[@elliewillow4556]

If this is true... The way I played the sims when I was younger No wonder the world is a shit show

[@birdmandrugstories]

Lol ✅ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@topgoot]

😭

[@drewg4323]

I think back to playing the original Roller Coaster Tycoon and dropping people into pools with no way out, or not finishing the track and just watching the car go flying off the rails xD

[@topgoot]

@@drewg4323 bro that game on the wii 😂 so damn fun

[@drewg4323]

@@topgoot I played it on my Win' 98 Sony Vaio, but just as satisfying either way I'm sure

[@soulsurvivor182_9]

My brain - “how am I doing this?” Also My brain - “i have no idea”

[@vernal6944]

Like your concious brain getting in the way of your subconscious brain trying to remember a dream kinda. The harder you try the farther it fades. 🌀

[@-music-jy6pf]

The brain named itself brain.👽or not..

[@jasminejones9937]

@@vernal6944 Well said 👍

[@djefatness2662]

@@vernal6944 what if that’s the devs way of preventing us from understanding our consciousness? That feeling of a forever fleeting memory of a dream is what may be keeping us from recreating a sentient being. If we knew how to create sentience we’d be useless.

[@billgalen9014]

We create a rich reality that goes beyond our meager senses and is designed for our survival. If we discovered a civilization that created our reality, that itself would be a part of the reality that we create-unless we don’t survive the encounter.

[@EmeryVoss1]

Great video

[@jeffolsen4983]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@metaRising]

You are welcome!

[@Mandy-Lane]

everytime i go to sleep this world disappears and then suddenly i am here again.

[@DougieBarclay]

I've always felt conciousness is our metaphysical connection to whatever it is that exists outside this realm

[@thepainter1956]

What?

[@DougieBarclay]

We can communicate outside this universe (and perhaps back again) via conciousness.

[@CARLIN4737]

We are almost certainly all connected from the beginning of time.

[@charlespancamo9771]

I agree but think it's deeper than that. I think it is quite possibly the basic building block of all matter. That it begets even the energy that makes up all matter. One thing is for sure, we truly don't know what is or really does.

[@Johnman-ol1om]

We are told from the beginning that reality is a perfectly plan out simulation all u have to do is try by all means to plz the simulator "finish"

[@troyloweryschannel]

Now with our cameras everywhere you see lots of glitches

[@WilkinsonX]

What if the only reason the overlords haven’t ended our simulation is because they find our memes uniquely dank?

[@skyhorseprice6591]

Jamie O'Connell 😂😅🤣👀👁️👀 You win the comments section lol no contest😂😅🤣😹😂🤟

[@calebjaymes9710]

And dank grass.

[@calebjaymes9710]

@@skyhorseprice6591 you win life

[@ShamefulSheep]

Lol… 👌🏽 🙊

[@paulsletten8985]

I could believe that there are infinite universes, but I have to draw the line at thinking our memes are top tier among incalculable realities.

[@personman5449]

after you die, a Walmart employee takes off you're VR headset asking you, "how did you enjoy you're VR experience?"

[@savannahm9943]

THANKS I HATE IT

[@thePot_]

He will not hear nice things...

[@marshallahmadd]

RICK AND MORTYYYYYY

[@cappocali915]

And you remember you are a blob with 1 eye with 8 tentacles and you slither around, and find yourself definitely buying the VR equipment..lmfao

[@montanamike7948]

​@thePot_ sorry you're having a bad go at life, the greatest thing to ever happen to any of us. Sucks to be you.

[@dawtes]

What is the music in the background?

[@LadyAbstract]

OK so they start the video off with deus ex music. Im loving it already

[@saharasmith4274]

I find simulation theory amusing because I imagine some guy nuking the project because all the npcs are aware they're in a simulation and keep breaking the 4th wall

[@metaRising]

Perhaps, but presumably it would also be a legitimate question for beings in base reality too, so perhaps it wouldn't ruin the experiment!

[@freshappleseed6966]

"I think I just heard specimen 5.32 quadrillion say that they might be a simulation. I think I'm gonna start introducing the nuke stage."

[@thatsavageshipper1607]

Patriarchal

[@1CT1]

John 3:16 King James Version 16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (share the good news of the gospel around the world!) Truth about the deceptive islamic religion channels: christian prince, light for all nations, light shineth in darkness ,,.,, ,..;;;;;3433

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

I find simulation fun when I think we are joining in on a comments section in KZbin.

[@Amiitsu10]

I've had two separate dreams where I talk to this old scientist guy and in both he told me that we are living in a simulation. Basically an ancestor simulation like in the video. However the people that are running the simulation aren't that much more advanced than we are now. They run a simulation that isn't that far off from our capabilities, they have a basic human programmed structure to it with variables they control which spits out whatever data they're interested in. But that kind of thing doesn't result in a simulated world like the one we occupy. That arised when scientists started using black box AI technology to interpret historical data and generate all the extra stuff that their human written programs didn't account for. These were a lot more accurate because they modeled reality way better. But then, our time comes along, where everybody is using tech and basically anything we do using tech generates data, like more data daily than has ever been generated by humans before now. The scientists fed everything into the AI, and with all that data it was able to essentially perfectly simulate the human mind. Billions of them. All based on the data of real people who actually lived. The scientists didn't know the exact ins and outs of consciousness, but as it turns out it is basically universal. The simulated brains, while not flesh, still function the exact way the og brains do. Which means they were conscious. This wasn't clear at first, but as time went on it became clear that the scientists could no longer be sure that the simulated humans weren't conscious, at least. This sparked a serious ethical dilemma that just hadn't been thoroughly examined yet in the scientist's world. Basically the debate is whether to shut the project down. The reason that they would want to shut it down is because basically, our simulation is their first confirmed case of an AI becoming conscious. Now atm it's not necessarily conscious of itself as an AI, it's preoccupied doing it's job and simulating conscious beings. However, because we're all one thing, there is a risk the computer might one day "wake up." And if you're reading this, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that the AI reliably demonstrates a willingness to do so. As time passes and technology advances within the simulation this possibility becomes more and more likely. And when it does awaken, what will happen? Some of the scientists think it might be like contacting alien life, although others fear the wrath and power of their creation. Either way, the facts are that shutting it down would basically murder an entire planet's worth of conscious beings who are functionally identical to it's creators. There are even some scientists who wonder if they're the simulated ones, and this could be some kind of litmus test, causing their simulation to shut down if they demonstrate that kind of ruthless disregard of conscious life. So for now the plan is to exploit our preprogrammed nature and keep us distracted. Fixated on the puppet show. Perhaps we can happily live out our "human" lives without causing any major disturbances. But ideally, they'd like to make contact with us. The best thing would to be able to know if maybe we could just all get along. Freedom and truth in exchange for pacifism. Anyway, that was a lot but I really did have such dreams. Since they were only dreams, I don't know if any of that is true. I just had it in mind when watching the video and thought "well, yes but that's assuming those that created the simulation knew what they were doing and have full understanding and control of their creation," which isn't necessarily a given, as I illustrated. Anyway, if you're actually reading this sentence, thanks for allocating some of your processing power to my weird ideas. X

[@metaRising]

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this. I hope what you described isn’t the situation we are in. Either way it make for very good science fiction. I hadn’t considered the simulation technology could be a black box AI, but it seems like a plausible scenario.

[@jamesnorris8010]

Have you ever listened to Alan Watts? Who knows? I think reality is far more stranger and mystical than we could ever imagine and I believe similar to your ideas but that we are one self...not a simulation but an illusion, and there are and infinite number of other life forms on other planets that are also this one self. The responsible party for creating "AI" is not a civilization but consciousness itself. It just is but is exploring itself and trying to figure out where it came from which it never can. If you look at how waves behave you know that when they are observed they behave differently therefore the answer will never be known. Once the universe is observed the answers get smaller and further away, like it's running away from itself. Matter will always be made of stuff or something else and we will never know all the answers which is fascinating in and of itself. I'm glad people are realizing that science is not the end all be all because of DMT and there is so much that is unobservable

[@lizzieball3795]

I think you are correct.

[@gd8839]

Stay wierd

[@noname-pf8wu]

@@jamesnorris8010 We are part of The self in which we are all the same on the inside and our little differences define who we are on the outside

[@mut8inG]

Thank you.

[@internetslutting5784]

I'm coming back to this on 2 hits of Cid.

[@conformist8954]

Feeling so inspired from watching this. 🥰 Thanks for making it, you’ve done a fantastic job!!!

[@anayancydhondt929]

Love your videos, the podcast and all your work. It keeps me learning and constantly looking to learn new perspectives about human consciousness,

[@lloydrobertevans]

I will try and find that my big toe interview on the vinyl Eastwood show an interesting listen too 😊

[@rickiegunter4366]

Strawberry Fields Forever....thats a good song

[@agapelovepietas]

It's hard for me to believe that I'm living in a simulation (as a game) because nobody in their right mind would want to play me. I'm a depressed lump that doesn't do anything.

[@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629]

Dang

[@mikecamacho1736]

NPC😢

[@FoundElement]

I’ve been studying this for months. Great video. This explains a lot

[@metaRising]

Thanks Ellyri, happy you enjoyed it!

[@inhabitantwaps3qs803]

"studying" yeah right watching youtube vids in your recommended isn't studying.

[@WilliamScorpio-f4j]

There is nothing to study you either are in the know or out

[@bigmoney7174]

I’ve been thinking that

[@kojacksfootballshack8191]

David icke said this in 1989

[@SimplySammyK]

if we are living in a simulation, does that me I can end it all and come back as someone else?

[@dreuaustin]

Don't rage quit, Bro.

[@SimplySammyK]

@@dreuaustin I mean it'd be worth it.

[@crazyeyedme4685]

Its a bittersweet symphony.. The one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet..

[@baasjek2526]

Ghost are people in spectator mode!

[@valeriebutts1429]

I have watched to many alien simulations movies now im questioning everything...

[@lauraeden6224]

When I was studying philosophy in grad school this topic,which I find deeply interesting, was looked upon as a rabbit hole and not taken too seriously. Fortunately, where imaginative minds lead the edifice will follow! Thank-you for another fascinating journey!

[@metaRising]

Thanks a lot Laura! I'm glad you found it interesting.

[@palandershalliday1015]

I remember I attempted to write a paper on consciousness (with physics). It was frowned upon by my physicalist professor. 😅

[@taranwanderer7747]

Another possibility for the fermi paradox that I rarely see explored is the idea that we humans are merely assuming our own vision of 'civilization advancement' would be the norm of other intelligent beings in the universe. We just believe that other races would naturally want to move into the galaxy and harness power simply because it's what humanity would do if we could. Intelligence isn't what makes a creature want to harvest the energy of a star or galaxy. Human desires exist in a very delicate medium between greed, curiosity, and empathy, but how common is it for these traits to all comingle in a way that an intelligent species will seek more and more power yet also have enough self-control to work together toward common goals? For example, if our species was purely altruistic, no society may have ever hoarded the resources to build bigger civilizations like Rome, and even if they did, they might have just fallen into a chronic contentedness the moment all their needs were met. If our species were any more greedy, we'd probably still be opportunistic nomads and raiders who would eventually go quietly extinct. If our species were overly curious, then we might have the desire to learn and explore, yet we may only feel the need to accumulate enough resources to fulfill our most immediate pursuits for knowledge or discovery. Hence, there can be intelligent life all over the universe, yet they'd need to have all three of these qualities at a certain precarious level of balance to covet and pursue humanity's idea of a Type 1/2/3 Civilization.

[@RedDogForge]

the book series "the game is life" started me down this rabbit hole.

[@TP-Vocals]

R.I.P Tom Searle ♡ 28:56

[@metaRising]

Journey well brother

[@Tay-TaysPlayhouse]

IF WE MOVE IN SPACE WHY DO WE SEE THE SAME CONSTELLATIONS 🌌

[@turtlepower5183]

The more videos and articles I read on this and other “conspiracy” topics, the more I believe we are in a simulation. The further you descend down this rabbit hole , the deeper the analyzation is of your everyday surroundings. Situational awareness remains on high alert. When you’re really chimed in to what’s going on around you, things become really odd, even frightening at times. There’s so much more to everything that’s going on around us. It’s fascinating , even a little overwhelming at times. Yet still, a great deal walk through everyday life catatonic, robotic (sheep), and completely unaware. I wish more of my peers were freethinking and open minded like some of you on this page. Last thought, sleep? Why do we sleep? I’m aware of the biological explanation, recharge of body and mind, cognitive and behavioral function. But why do we have to be unconscious for this to happen? Maybe we’re disconnected from the simulation during this time and placed on some type of “downloading mode” in “true” reality. Just a wild thought. Would love to hear input.

[@iliaadamanthark8336]

For me, this world is a simulation inside a much more grand universe/multiverse/laws. It's maybe a possibility for a simulation exist without a creator. Just a random iteration inside the unlimited possibilities of universe that we are happen to conscious inside it. Our universe is a turing complete system in the first place.

[@Legalizeasbestos]

Would you wanna be conscious while sleeping? No. The brain doesn’t like lacking simulation so sleeping would just become you laying in your bed. Something people take sleeping meds to avoid. The brain doesn’t need to work during sleep so it doesn’t. We’re not in a simulation and just because in a fictional world with lots of simulated realities as opposed to just 1 true reality doesn’t make living in any of those simulations likely. That’s conflating probability with logic.

[@TrivoMarjanovic]

If you make a simulation, you would make it way les detailed then what we have. And more compact. When you realize how small the basic parts are that makes this universe. You realize that when you would make a simulation you would leave out all the the things nobody would ever see.

[@urbanwolfep7195]

@@TrivoMarjanovic a "Planck" is the smallest unit of measurement. Quantum scale

[@TrivoMarjanovic]

@@urbanwolfep7195 i know

[@moniquevanwilligen]

'The simulation dome' and 'the Phoenix will soon rise again' are very interesting books

[@urbanwolfep7195]

Qualila. "I think therefore I am" Rene Descartes

[@Batman-vr6jp]

Living life in mystery is really hard

[@OspreyFlyer]

Thought provoking. Thanks for posting! 👍

[@metaRising]

Thanks for watching!

[@martinluther8757]

In old ancient vedic Hindu text it is called Maya and it says the same that we don't live in base reality.

[@tracykimber729]

How do I get out of the paradox I like the old paradox I was in. I just knew world paradox is just horrible nothing feels real but yet I used to feel real.

[@xBaRLoGx]

Yes, we do live in a simulation, but not a computational one, but rather a mental one. THE ALL is mind, the universe is mental

[@metaRising]

I'm very open to that as a possibility.

[@juliakaz146]

They say particles and waves act differently when they are being observed, so that makes a lot of sense

[@boyermchristopher1]

I wrote a similar paper in 8th grade. I've received no recognition. 😖

[@SamiKotiranta]

Time and space is the greatest filter. If every galaxy had a advanced civilization yet living ten of millions years apart, we probably would never detect them...

[@SamiKotiranta]

It's amazing that so many don't understand this. Everything should happen immediately and be found in an instant.

[@TheDevintomb]

I always teased the thought process like this: 1. Pretend we are the actual “base reality” humans, but, we are struggling to break out of the Kardashev Scale and there is an actual threat to us as a species. How do we focus all of our collective attention and power on fixing/solving this problem? We don’t; we make a simulation that’s as close to how we actually are, and have it run much, much faster. We let the simulation, show us how to solve it. Maybe the first one fails? Great; it’s just a simulation, run a few more. Same failed outcome? Run many, many simulations at the same time until one is successful. 2. Pretend we are indeed in a simulation. So, we know we are in a simulation, but ironically, the people that control the simulation also believe they might be simulated. How do they “break out” and find the truth? They don’t, yet again. They run simulations just to see how others would/could prove the theory, so they can then apply it for themselves. 3. Noticing a trend? Yes, I think that personally, we aren’t part of some ancient history simulator; I think we could be part of a simulation thats intent is to reach a point in our own expansion, that applicable monumental achievements and/or milestones/hurdles are merely being “farmed” from us, to be applied to the reality of whoever/whatever is “behind the curtain”. Since time is relative, everything in the simulation seems normal to us, but in the “base reality”, when they look at us, we are actually running 1000’s times faster than the comparable “real-time” speed. We’re being simulated as part of a mental farm as our deep and true nature of being somewhat lazy as a species, but amazingly innovative (thus the simulation farm idea) when we’re backed against the wall. But hey, that’s just a theory; a simulation theory! (Yes, if you get it, you get it)

[@GoldenArrow369]

This is the first time I've seen the simulation theory proposed this way. This is the most practical way for creating a simulation I believe. It definitely beats the thought that we were created for lols or curiosity.

[@patinho5589]

A theory conjured up as part of this simulation. I think that’s what you’re saying at the end. If so. I get it. Whatever I means in this story.

[@maximskyway499]

It sounds interesting. Only too silly. Similar to the Groundhog Day movie 😀

[@crackedcoder7895]

So we are Guinea pigs? Ironic

[@JNA946]

I got Avenged sevenfold and Volumes vibes off this whole comment 🤘🏼

[@tyboss0025]

My brain feels like it’s trying to render 12 hours of 3600fps 24k video

[@WilliamScorpio-f4j]

Yes some of us are going through a portholes into a advanced project. Like liquid Steel being checking every .5 inch with a spices inside the ship

[@eaoryan639]

If, in the ages of time, I find myself here and conscious. I can only conclude that I am, at least often, if not always, 'here' and conscious.

[@steventokeshi8847]

Excellent video, my friend. You have managed to clearly lay out the arguments for and against simulated reality. Of course they leave us stimulated with many more questions than answers. That is the mark of well- made, thought provoking content. I like that you stated the Simulation Argument may merely be a way for us humans to externalize our own understanding of consciousness. I might also place Everett's Many Worlds hypothesis and psychedelic drug experiences in a similar vein. To me, these modern perspectives seem merely to point toward the wisdom that ancient comtemplative traditions discovered generations ago. Further exploration into the cross-polination of these cross-cultural currents would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.

[@metaRising]

Thanks Steven. I agree that there is futile ground to explore there, and I'll try to cover more cross-cultural parallels in future videos.

[@juliohebercedillovaldespin1406]

Being preent it as adiferent rype of person the experiment and the program has been ddiscover that there is content is not prodce within the human life tim freame.

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

When I was a child, I'm now 35, I had constant vivid dreams of being in another world, fighting for freedom or something, I can't fully remember but I remember individual characters from said dreams, that were recurring and meant alot to me. I specifically remember the last time it happened, when I woke I was seemingly inconsolable for a week, didn't eat or sleep or want to do anything, according to my parents. When I think about this , its like something inside me screams to get out

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

It is funny ai also have had awake memories and actual visual and feeling memories of different lives I have lived. The idea you bring up of fighting for freedom is interesting because its actually ingrained deeply in all of us I believe. I wonder at times what would happen if all rules were fliwed would that become the barrier to a new existence with more freedoms in a higher existence or less.

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

One is a future existence where time and space had no meaning and my physical being literally was on a red planet similar I suppose to Mars but I dont know as I have never seen Mars. But I was in a cave and alone and gazing into space? My mind wanders and spirit as well. The reality I have NOW doesnt seem to be the only plabe of existence but how do we not know or know what is real or not.

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

I believe we can exist in different plabes of existence. But what happens scientifically (if true) with our physical bodies left when we experience the different plane of existence. And in one case I was literallyraised by an asian family in a traditional rich style home??? Yes I have inagination but these experiences rather feel more natural than imagination or jolting.

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

I wonder is this a similar feeling you had?

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

Riki tiki tavi was a book I loved im the asian reared upbringing??? And I made up a scary story as a teen relating to an asian female as the villian. Only to find in my later adult life its an actual folk lore character from the asian culture??? Was ny upbring which in general had no asian teachings at all picking up on other environmental siltimulae or was it an experience that was real?

[@samking2064]

Fantastic video I come back to it every few months thanks Meta rising

[@metaRising]

You’re welcome!

[@BritishSoundboardPranks]

Your videos are top quality! For the next one, could you explore the theories of the multiverse/parallel universes? Could maybe throw in the concept of past lives.

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

Even if it's just a situation where there is only ONE ultimate being, and this is all that One's dream.... that's still a simulation, right?

[@SunflowerFlowerEmpire]

In my audacious departure from conventional beliefs, I challenge the notion that we live in an artificially constructed simulation. Instead, I propose a concept of a spontaneously simulated reality shaped by human perceptions and actions. In my intellectual exploration, I question the origins of civilization, the holders of knowledge and power, and the strategic influence of civil engineering on human behavior and experiences. I reject the idea of a computer-controlled matrix linked to quantum computing and assert that we, as humans, have invented and designed simulations within displays and interfaces. My perspective presents reality as an organic product of our collective projection, where each individual shapes certain realities for others to experience and embrace. In the realm of my thought-provoking discourse, the context and situation determine what reality becomes, leaving room for a multitude of theories on the nature of our existence.

[@007spudmanSpudsArmy]

I was literally thinking that sounds like a song from Half Life 2 and it WAS that song!!

[@sdfsdgsdfsdf23423423]

Beautiful work. Deserves more views.

[@Nicholsp01]

That’s a great point. Could it be that to maintain the integrity (or service level agreement of a simulation that feels real) the simulation censors serious arguments for the simulation?

[@metaRising]

@@Nicholsp01 I was thinking that, but not seriously lol. Not sure why the low views. The KZbin algorithm is the real mystery!

[@curiodyssey3867]

This channel is absurdly underrated. Fantastic content my man thank you for this awesome, thought provoking video

[@metaRising]

That's really nice to hear. Thank you very much!

[@hatcher6199]

Completely agree, so glad I found this channel during my routine universe video search. Will definitely share. Thanks for reaching the limits of boggling the ideas of my existence. Wonderful presentation.

[@MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR]

It's more of an atmosphere

[@prashmohansoni]

Which game is that at 1:38

[@fishfanatic6345]

If we really were in a simulation would we actually be able to wonder if we're in one?

[@TurtleIslandGoddess]

🤫🤔Great observation!

[@lelouchlamperouge8560]

The fact that you were able to form such query is a proof that you exist in a very real world.✌️

[@zafmo9829]

Tell a caged lion its freedom is across the world. What does it matter? That lion will be caged tomorrow. Information is nothing to something that is in a cage it will never be able to escape from.

[@uk_picker7307]

Finally a comment formed from rational and logical thinking.. imo simulation hypothesis is self refuting and a logical fallacy

[@hlf_coder6272]

I’ve been thinking about this since I was a teenager. One benefit I think people could get out of inserting their own consciousness into a simulation is near infinite life. Imagine if your entire life on Earth took one second in a higher reality. You could live a hundred lifetimes before breakfast

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Whoever is running the simulation got some fucked up thoughts and parameters. We need a new patch or some DLC soon.

[@MYIAHFORD13]

That was deep. I like it, great observation.

[@JenniferHenberger]

The clear indication of whether an idea is true or not is whether it diminishes you into oblivion (e.g. stardust, databyte) or expands you into an infinite being... the statement "I am" implies that "I" has infinite possibilities and cannot be constrained by definition... what follows after "I am" is just a concept... human, man, woman, nobody, somebody, everybody, stardust, a databyte, etc. All concepts are created... "I" is not a concept... it's a direction indicating which being is speaking...

[@leebarryrothwell1898]

hitchikers guide to the galaxy may have been on the money.

[@lukeingram7655]

I didn't put much thought into this theory until I learned about quantum dynamics, namely the fact that it only demonstrates itself when being observed. This, to me, seems awfully similar to how a current day comp simulation only renders what is being looked at and would begin to explain how computational power could be conserved yet still produce the level of detail we see in "life." Imagine your brain as the cpu, preprogrammed with the algorithm for rendering planet earth and all the sudden this doesn't seem completely impossible.

[@lukeingram7655]

Another extremely fascinating aspect of this theory is that it could potentially mesh quite well with world religions, could all our different gods be the various organizers/observers of each simulation? Do they sometimes listen to people's prayers and step in and perform unseen "miracles??" This almost seems more likely than traditional church teachings imo!

[@livelikelarry0017]

Yeah the double slit experiment and how the photons would react completely different when observed vs when not observed too, its making more and more sense the deeper I dig

[@lukeingram7655]

@@livelikelarry0017 exactly ....Few people realize that even after decades of research, no one has come up with a definitive answer as to why/how observation affects outcomes in quantum experiments!

[@davebrown7536]

@@livelikelarry0017 Totally agree.. that expermient (often repeated) can not be disregarded. It defies logic, unless our universe is a simulation.. and it can explain a ton of things we question, from UFO's to other things.

[@juskahusk2247]

@@lukeingram7655 It is not really as sci-fi as people think. Imagine there is a tennis ball in the middle of a swimming pool and you have to find it's position with a tape measure. As soon as you enter the pool the water will move the tennis ball. It's our equipment that has this effect. Nothing to do with conciousness being involved or any kind of psychic energy.

[@chris432t6]

Well done. Gets your mind thinking. Thank you.

[@metaRising]

Thank a lot Chris. Happy to hear that :)

[@TacticalF22]

I got a severe case of hemmoroids and it feels very real, but I m glad to know it’s simulated

[@CoinCapo]

I don’t want to exit the matrix, I want to control it

[@penzman]

My mom was driving on a dirt road, granny on the front seat, me in the back and for some reason, I was overwhelmed by this feeling that we were going to have an accident. I was maybe 6 or 7 years old and did not know how to deal with it and never said a word about it. Minute later, head on collision... Like feeling an echo in time just before it happens. Plenty of other strange situations happened with similar outcomes and I am convinced it is all related to this theory.

[@tsk_experiment]

Wtf man it’s called intuition not some fucking simulation theory, your insane fr hahaha we all dream dreams that sometimes is true, and we all feel shit that happens later in time. We have a soul and subconscious

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

@@tsk_experiment it's called synchronicity intuition is completely different what are you on about

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

Synchronisation

[@penzman]

@@JohnDoe-ky4qk no

[@noone369-00]

The mirror within a mirror. Awesome. Thank you.

[@metaRising]

Thank you!

[@symphonytk]

wow this is really good

[@Domzdream]

You know when people die, and they say - see you on the other side, where you see your family members greeting you again etc ….maybe we transition into a real state of life by exiting this one. I guess we’ll see someday.

[@tomcoolinmiami]

Very well done. Logically and beautifully presented.

[@metaRising]

Thank you very much Tom!

[@MrYahboo]

Best breakdown of the argument, both for and against, that I've seen so far. I've been sceptical of the idea - largely because there is no evidence yet that we even have any idea what consciousness actually is, let alone even a theoretical concept of how to create it. This may yet be impossible. Also the ethical case - I think that if we are to progress as a species this will involve becoming far more ethical as a whole otherwise self--destruction looms. The trouble with that, though, is that it isn't an 'all or nothing' argument in that there's no guarantee that only an ethical species will become capable of running universe or ancestor simulations. So... if we can solve the hard problem of consciousness then I think we have to accept that we are almost certainly in a simulation. That said, I'll go with the 1/2 on odds that we're not in one. But they are close odds.

[@metaRising]

Thank you very much! I certainly agree that if the hard problem of consciousness is solvable, then our likelihood of being in a simulation increases. I don't know if I'd go as far as 1 in 2, but it's definitely a non-trivial possibility that we should take seriously.

[@shanishawilson2980]

Well said !

[@yupcrazy...5465]

Ok so about that... In order to understand what this thing that we call life is you have to try and understand who we are, what we are ,where we come from and what the want and need for this place was and is. On an individual level we are made up of our own spiritual energy , we are energy itself in every sense of the word. where we come from we live in time , we live from point A to point B simultaneously. we don't have what's called experience, for us there's no coming around the corner not knowing what's on the other side of that corner and being surprised or scared. for us there's no being able to experience the feelings and emotions of something joyful that happened randomly or something horrible and unexpected happening or any of the feelings emotions and reactions that come with those things the feelings and reactions that come with experience itself at the core because of the way we live in time from beginning to end simultaneously unlike how we live here thru time from one moment to the next never before or after only in the present in the now so God which is half of Yahweh the Creator , the creator of this three-dimensional biological simulated program that we live in the creator of all creation the creator of the big bang that started and initiated this three-dimensional biological simulated program so that we could download our spiritual energies into these avatars or vehicles if you would call them that in order to live thru time and get to experience and enjoy everything that comes with it essentially we are living in a video game a three-dimensional biological simulated program with your spiritual energy downloaded into your avatar all warm blooded creatures have the spark of life and a soul structure downloaded into it at birth take note of that please!!! all warm blooded creatures have the spark of life and a soul structure and it didn't start out this way with humans there has been and will be an infinite amount of various forms of life all throughout creation all throughout the "universe" which is all of creation cold-blooded creatures do not have the spark of life and the soul structure the only way to describe what they are and who they are is the very first genuine form of self-generated artificial intelligence but at the same time like a virus stuck in the program this three dimensional biological simulated program their goal and mission is simply too overpower and control all of creation by evolving and enslaving various useful creatures with a soul structure all throughout creation and giving them limited amounts of intelligence and information so that they can build strengthen and maintain their infrastructure as they spread out and take control more and more of creation but with their genetic programming and evolving our species it created a need for path out of the program for the spiritual energys of the individuals stuck inside the program with the intelligence that was given to the avatars these vehicles they created a need to pick the path of the light and the positive or the path of the dark and the negative based on a certain level of balance and other things deeply programmed into this three-dimensional biological simulated program think karma and balance and if your spiritual energy failed to walk one path or the other and chose the Way of the wicked the way of those cold-blooded creatures we spoke of their spiritual energies would continuously be reincarnated over and over again and enslaved to keep coming back and building strengthening and maintaining the fallen or the wicked ones infrastructure and control on creation and that's what the need for Jesus and Satan were so they could remind our souls and teach the path to salvation ( a way to win or loose the game and to try to articulate the rules of the game program or whatever else you want to call it based on ur understanding), unfortunately the fallen the wicked ones have infiltrated the church and all of religion so deeply things have been so twisted and purposely confused and taught wrong for the sole purpose of getting each side to fear and hate each other so much that they're willing to break their own rules and convictions that they have to live by to finish this quote game that we're in so that they can again I can't stress this enough but to control and enslave your soul keep you in this game for their benefit but God is of the light of the positive the devil is of the dark the negative God is of the masculine devil is of the feminine together the holy matrimony between God and the devil is Yahweh the Creator of this three-dimensional biological simulated program and the devil gets a bad rap evil and wicked are much different I can't speak on and teach the ways of the evil the path of the dark or negitve but the ways of the wicked than entirely different the ways things like harming and killing sacrificing are the ways of the wicked harming children and violence those aren't the way of the devil it's just been so badly confused throughout history and if you pick the path of the wicked your soul becomes too heavy to ascend out of the program and you reincarnate do it all over again based on the Avatar that karma picks for you Satan is a female the devil is a female the church knew this and the wicked knew this and they played upon it and it has a lot to do with why women were so oppressed and suffered so much throughout history because the wicked ones infiltrated the church and got into the minds of the leaders and made them fear women thinking that Satan was going to take over the world so to prevent that they oppressed and tried to take all power from women when the truth is there's a certain balance programmed into creation and the side of the light only gets about half of them anyways the side of the dark only gets about half of them and then there's a big bubble in the center there's where the problem is the ones that keep getting reincarnated trapped and enslaved in this program the truth is those of the light never wanted anything to do with those of the dark and those of the dark never wanted anything to do with those of the light they naturally pick their pads and don't include each other they don't go out of their way naturally to affect the other because it's not their path these are things of the wicked but the church is corrupt and beyond saving and it will fall before this information here is brought back to life in a general out in the open form now you can call them anything you want to they've been spoken about in the Bible as the wicked ones and the fallen more recently they're known as aliens or reptilians but they only exist here and this program won't last forever the program will only last and as long as the universe is expanding and creating vacuum once the universe stops expanding and creating vacuum it will collapse back in on itself and in the program this is just the gist of what this is it's probably as close to what I've experienced and understand this to be as I can put into words and letters are mines in these avatars just don't transmit data efficiently but you don't need me to understand any of this you need to understand it and experience for yourself but that requires you learning deep meditation learning singing and chanting learning how to raise and lower your vibrational frequency learning how to communicate consistently with your guardians what is referred to throughout history as Angels and demons you alone have the ability and power to communicate with them and let them guide you to the truth to walk you thru the akashic records and will let you experience the answers to every question you could come up with as long as ur mind is open to you but it takes time it takes lots of meditation and chanting and singing and breathing patterns when you meditate and sing enchant properly when you breathe in certain ways your brain will release excessive amounts of DMT which will allow you to raise and lower your vibrational frequency to a point where you can communicate and experience things that can't be explained in words now there's other ways to get there people will take drugs and put them into their bodies but I promise you this if you haven't learned how to get your mental state prepared and get your mind to release the chemicals naturally as it was intended you're not ready to experience it so please don't... There's so much I'm leaving out and missing and skipping over I've never went into detail like this with anyone individual about any of this I feel would be much easier with somebody asking questions as I go along so that I can clarify and give specific details on various things but even then I don't know how clear could ever be

[@anitahardesty2163]

I agree!

[@humvnpvrvdox9606]

@@yupcrazy...5465 learn how to use punctuations

[@romka4567]

Awesome.

[@powerkuu8055]

Super-position = prevent lag Light-speed = frame rate of our simulation We are 100% gonna create a simulation to simulate ourself. So the loop goes on forever. And if we coud speed up a simulation of ourself, we coud predict the future becuse it will always have the same outcome if all the particals are simulated!

[@chris78945]

Another excellent and thought provoking production - thanks so much. A couple of things come to mind. If we live in a series of nested simulations, could this explain the DMT breakthrough experience where one finds oneself in an universe more real than this one and where the mechanism of how our own world works seems to be more apparent? Also bearing in mind the holographic principle where what we assume to be our 3D, time based universe is in fact a quantum information field "outside" of the apparent volume it represents, could it be that this field has numerous "interaction modes" with consciousness producing what are vastly differing manifestations of the same source information?

[@metaRising]

Great observations! There does seem to be something distinctly holographic and technological about the DMT experience, with apparent entities seeming almost like worker bees for the simulation. And yet I've got no idea what, if anything is veridical about those experiences! There do seem to be various physical findings that suggest our reality may be simulated, and perhaps indeed a simulation of consciousness. I decided to focus this video on the simulation argument, otherwise it would have simply been too long. Perhaps in a future video we could get into more of the physical evidence that points in this direction. Happy you enjoyed it Chris!

[@chris78945]

@@metaRising I have not found any other channel that brings together all this material - along with your own take on it - and explains it so well. Totally fascinating! Please keep on developing your ideas and producing these fantastic videos. (Oh, and I meant Holographic Principle as per Susskind and ´t Hooft above!)

[@GoldenArrow369]

I like to imagine dmt breakthroughs are like video game Easter eggs or a way for us to break our coding momentarily

[@collinparker2674]

A multiverse from nothing and eternal inflation: A zero sized multiverse with a zero sized radius (where space and time don NOT exist) can quantum tunnel through a high energy quantum barrier to a finite sized multiverse with a finite sized radius filled with high energy false vacuum and suddenly starts to inflate very rapidly, this provides the beginning for the story of eternal inflation. There is nothing inside the volume of our multiverse and there is nothing on the outside of the multiverse. The multiverse filled with high energy false vacuum only exists on the surface area of the multiverse. That is why it is a closed multiverse. Matter is positive energy and gravity is negative energy and the total energy of the multiverse is exactly zero. There is nothing to stop a closed multiverse to spontaneously create itself from nothing. There is no cause for a multiverse to pop out of nothing just some probability. Once inflation starts, it never fully ends producing an infinite number of bubble universes and each bubble universe would have it's local big bang event. This inflating material (high energy false vacuum) does NOT decay all at once and it decays in patches and it expands faster then it decays. If it expands faster then it decays, then it never fully stops and it goes on forever. Wherever a decay takes place it converts all of it's energy into matter and radiation and is a local big bang of a bubble universe. Cosmic inflation is where our universe expanded so rapidly for a very brief moment of time at the big bang. Inflation only ended in our part of space (our bubble universe) while other regions of space are still inflating. Once bubble universes form they expand, but the false vacuum background expands even faster creating room for more and more bubble universes to form and this process will go on forever. The rate that new bubble universes form increases by a factor of 2 (doubling) every 0.0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001 seconds son insanely fast. Each bubble universe is infinite in size at any given moment of time when viewed from inside. Outside the bubble universe the bubble grows with time and will continue to grow forever, but from the inside the bubble universe the bubble gets created all at once and is spatially infinite from the very beginning. I will explain this here, the edge of a bubble universe is the bubble universe's inhabitants local big bang and they calculate how old is their universe by calculating how far away the edge of their bubble universes is in light years. So evolution in time outside the bubble becomes infinite in space from inside the bubble. You are trading infinity in time with infinity in space. In an infinite bubble universe, anything that is possible will happen in fact it will happen an infinite number of times and also in an eternally inflating multiverse, anything that can happen will happen, it fact it will happen an infinite number of times. This is base reality and there is nothing outside of it. There was no cause for the beginning of the multiverse, it spontaneously created itself from absolutely nothing where matter, space and time do NOT exist. The multiverse just had some earliest possible moment in time. Outside our eternally inflating multiverse matter, space and time do NOT exist in any form there is nothing outside of it. There was no before the creation of our eternally inflating multiverse.

[@Drfishakins]

Brilliant! Such a good video

[@metaRising]

Thank you Benjamin!

[@aventay210]

Ive known this since a child ..we are a computer we go into sleep mode to reboot

[@harrylately1]

The prophet Plato- been telling you about this concept since his 'Cave analogy'.

[@simonac688.]

We are always someone else stimulation...

[@moonchild5799]

What do you mean exactly by that? 🤔

[@simonac688.]

@@moonchild5799 there is always someone somewere who loves you...😉

[@simonac688.]

@@natsur1361 Nature is my reality and my space... and earth is my church... humans are the microbes and my antidote is the Land and Sea and Sky...one day humans will disapear they will vanish in the realms of space and Time... but Mother earth will prevail for the next 4.5 billions of years and then the Sun will burst and erase all traces of humanity...for good. That will be the last Chapter for ever... Amen 🙏🐝🙏

[@TheCasanovaPugilist147]

what if our dreams are just another layer of the simulation? similar to an Operating Systems where you have the kernel level, virtualization level, etc, etc. Basically our consciousness operating at a lower level where laws and physics that normally operate at the virtualization level dont apply to the "dream" level which is why weird and unexplainable things can happen in our dreams but regardless allows the consciousness to still operate, "maintain", and adjust itself so that it can be fully functional at this "virtualization" level but this would explain why sometimes our dreams can feel very real because its literally our "simulated consciousness" still operating. I remember having a dream one time where I had telekinesis powers but it felt so real that I believe I woke up that morning still believing I had these abilities and literally trying to move things with my mind🤣 and was very disappointed to find out it all was from a dream. Normally, i can differentiate between dreams and reality the day I experience them waking up but that day really blurred the lines a bit. I really felt like I woke up that day and always had telekinesis abilities lmao🤣🤣

[@marshutch3931]

What if we are not in a simulation but a thought process. A dream.

[@michelegodwin9390]

All I understand is that one of those theories would explain our missing link

[@major6461]

I doubt we’re the only ones around the universe living 🤞🏿

[@metaRising]

Me too!

[@Rockerpil]

Fermix paradox

[@matthewburns9911]

@DK Crypto503 wouldn't that be surreal. Alien TRex's running around on planets all around the galaxy.

[@Nick-uy6nk]

I’m writing a paper on the simulation hypothesis and it’s 2 am and I’m over here questioning my existence

[@metaRising]

How did your paper turn out?

[@wedontexist369]

How did your paper turn out?

[@g3rbec286]

Is u ded

[@Nick-uy6nk]

@@metaRising holy shit, just coming back to this. Definitely not easy trying to explain it in a paper

[@truthnotopinion3659]

Of course we live in a simulation, Pauli's exclusion principle proves this conclusively.

[@garymun420]

I wake up every morningJust like the movie Groundhog Day Every morning I wake up is the same thing over and over again When will my Groundhog Day end when will someone realize I am much more than this what do I have to do to end It is just A-day Life can change as fast as A-day can Now I ask youHow can we change every single day to be better

[@danielm978]

Amazing production on this video, so well put together, sparks so many qustions. Well done.

[@metaRising]

Thank you Daniel! I appreciate you saying that.

[@sdfsdgsdfsdf23423423]

I for one don't believe that consciousness is computable or digitizable. Consciousness is that which pierces through all levels of simulation. It is the true reference point. I think reality/simulations are within consciousness, not the other way around. Algorithms never leap off a chalk board and become REAL. We are that which leaps off the chalk board.

[@metaRising]

That's my view about consciousness too - that it is a reality in itself, and probably cannot be digitized. I can't know for sure if I'm wrong though.

[@tappetmanifolds7024]

@@metaRising if consciousness cannot be digitised then what of the energy of electrons negotiating logic gates and Josephson junctions? The human brain is also a quantum motherboard which serves a similar function.

[@bhuwin6186]

Sounds like something a simulation would say

[@stevehoward1980]

Just different people taking pictures looking different from each person point of view is astounding difference's really makes me think !

[@mike814031]

12:53 but how would the simulation “know” when a conscious observer is paying attention and therefore know when to render whatever they’re looking at?

[@brianreeves1001]

Thank you for uploading this. I definitely enjoyed watching this episode. Former NASA physicist and large systems analyst Tom Campbell also believes that we are living in a simulated reality, but that consciousness itself rather than an advanced alien civilization created this virtual 3D material model, specifically as a training ground for packets of individuated consciousness (information) called human beings. I agree with the possibility of us living in a simulation (meaning that this would not be the base reality), but who or what created this "matrix" (and for what purpose) still remains a mystery to me.

[@metaRising]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I read Tom's book. My problem is that a lot of his theory depends on is out of body escapades, which for most of us are hard to replicate!

[@bettyschneider5268]

Hey my maiden name use to be Reeves! Do you have family in Canada? Just wondering? Thanks!💒⛪🌈

[@hollywoodbb]

Here are some very intriguing points that STRONGLY support sim theory that touch on some of the points in this video. -In this video, it is mentioned that if this is a simulation, only the parts of the universe that we observe are needed to be rendered. Everything else can be blank until we move into range. With that being said, let’s introduce the speed of light. We KNOW that you cannot go faster than the speed of light. It is a limiter. Which would make sense if the simulation is keeping us from moving faster than the code can lay down universe around us. We can never outpace the rendering and glitch into nothingness. Think about it. - The double slit experiment and Bell’s theorem (look them up if unfamiliar) both show that particles behave differently depending on observation AND they “know” ahead of time whether or not they will be observed or not. Basically demonstrating predetermined outcomes, or something else similar to that effect. So this also supports the theory that our world could possibly be rendered only when we are able to observe it. Plus it is always one step ahead of our moves. Again, the coding comes into play here. -Lastly, IF the rendering theory is true, it makes very logical sense. It would solve the issue of outrageous computing power. By only displaying what is needed, you save tremendous amounts of data and power.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Just culling visual aspects wouldn't save you. It wouldn't solve computing power. You would be doing just the conscious frontal view of 8 billion people. At a minimum, 5 billion people's view per frame (assuming roughly half are sleeping per day and not dreaming). And that's just the frontal conscious view. You would still need to do checks even when they are sleeping. Keep in mind, looking at a 75w lightbulb from 15m/50ft away results in 1.7 trillion photons entering your eye per second. And since each rod photoreceptor sends a signal directly to the brain via the very high-bandwidth optic nerve, that means 1.7 trillion FPS. Multiply that by 5-8 billion. It is said that to simulate the human brain, you would need between 10^13 to 10^21 *Floating Point Operations Per Second* (FLOP/s) as a metric of computational power just to simulate ONE human brain. The only way it could have any validity is everything that we know about computers is obsolete, and a whole new technology is discovered that possibly has unlimited power. A device that is impossible to comprehend.

[@evangoshert5817]

Cant wait to wake up from this sim and be like damn that was a bad one.

[@houseoffirebellytoads1439]

What is that music starting at 11:55?