What If We're Living in a Simulation?

Of all the fundamental questions, few are more compelling than this one: What if we’re living in a simulation? From Elon Musk to Neil deGrasse Tyson, popular figures have brought this fascinating question to the forefront of modern philosophy. So, are we really living in a simulation? Is there any merit to this extraordinary claim?
Sources:
Are We Living in a Simulated Universe? Here’s What Scientists Say
www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/...
What if We’re Living in a Computer Simulation?
www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Are We living in a Simulated Universe?
www.nbcnews.com/mach/features...
Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?
www.simulation-argument.com/s...
Elon Musk Says We Might Live in a Simulation
www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/...
Founder / Director: Peter Schumaker
Chief Editor: Tristan Reed
Original soundtrack by Joseph McDade

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Lisa Randall is wrong, the double slit experiment lends much credence to the idea that we’re living in a simulation.

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If this is a simulation, what code would I need to type in to get a Koranos and Kurzgesagt collaboration video?

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The fact that the universal speed limit, the speed of light, is extremely low compared to the size of the universe is kinda sus. It's as if they don't want us wander too far or we'd hit the wall.

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Wow Your comment just made me think...

[@iliaadamanthark8336]

To be fair, if the speed of light anymore higher than ours, mass cannot form as easily. So it's a trade off

[@Cazanu417]

quantum mechanics in general makes sense if you look at it as a videogame engine,particles being in a superposition and the probability wave collapsing when a conciousness is observing is sus as if the universe tryes to load the data into the memory for faster rendering and displaying the correct data when an entity is looking,entanglement also seems like the universe itself can comunicate at any point regardless of the speed of light and the speed of light is just a limit for the computer to render reality for the entities observing.

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It's the rendering speed.

[@nigelbhebhe2805]

Yeah. What if we break this limit and get to the other side, and it says, "loading terrain" or "you have reached the end of the Universe 2.0 beta. Be sure to come back for future updates!" lol

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Oh boy, time for my bi-weekly existential crisis!

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Even if we are in a simulation it doesn't change a damn thing, life is just life man, it makes no sense to theorize about what we could be when all we truly know is what we are, so really we just need to keep progressing and moving on as normal. Beautiful video and good topic tho, I really like this kinda style and I hope this channel finds its way to become something truly unique, keep up the good work homie

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Agreed. This is the reason why all this shit doesn't faze me. All that really matters is what's in front of us. And if we get cut off, so be it.

[@bobgold202]

If we act like this, then we help the simulation, probably. At least then our lives have a greater meaning

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Once u die u know for sure do whatever u want doesn't matter anyways

[@mazharhussain5824]

But life isn’t life, people are trying to understanding it and like most people they want to hack it to gain advantages and other things

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Hack the simulation, realize nothing is real and become like Neo

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If we are a simulation, then we created a simulation called 'Video Games' and in video games, we can stimulate it to create another simulation and in that simulation we could simulate it to create another simulation and repeat

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If the brain does not believe the environment is real, the simulation would be compromised. Helps me just live my dreams and just exist.

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Anime plot twist: dreams are the reality

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What if schizophrenia is just reality.exe crashing for you

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@@something2580 now that's an idea

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@@kryzonok “la vida es sueño”, life is dream. Imagine if life is an actual simulation done by extraterrestrial entities to see where we went wrong in the future. So maybe we currently exist but dont actually exist at the same time.

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Another concept: what if a post-human species decides to put themselves through a simulation with hardship to properly develop things like morality and desirable traits because hardship has become so rare in such a future?

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There is a movie about this called Bliss. I love it.

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Okay I feel like using Elon Musk as a scientific authority is kinda stretching things haha

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He studied Physics in university and has since been researching technology just not for pure academic purposes

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This brings up an interesting answer to a question I have, if the seeable universe really is a simulation it would explain the expansion of the universe, it was programmed so that way we would never be able to interact with more than what the simulation can handle,working like a loading screen hidden behind a cutscene

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I keep thinking about that line in The Fault in our Stars, “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” If we lived in one of the virtual realities, it would be like a virtual multiverse that goes on infinitely. But then the people who created the multiverse might be in a multiverse as well. So it’s kinda like a small infinity in a big infinity. Also I would love for you to make a video on the multiverse :)

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Love the last statement! We just have to continue life and enjoy it as much as we can, because even if we life in a simulation we can't really escape it

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So it is true...my reflection in the mirror is actually reality and I’m the reflection

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But in your perspective, the reflection is the reflection and you are real for yourself

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method are both

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This chanel is a great alternative to Kerzgesagt. Keep up the good work!

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The fact that global warming could be caused by a bored kid wanting to watch everything die for fun is kinda scary...

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Or a KZbinr trying to create a content by wrecking havoc the life of 6 billion "sims" for shit and giggles so that it may generate clicks amd likes is also infuriating

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Koranos I love the beautiful animations you put in your videos but I love the soundtracks too. It would be really cool to upload the full music you use in your videos because they are really beautiful and I would love to listen to them from time to time

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I like this type of video 👌👌 As you told about virtual devices can give feel like non virtual environment for humans, I think BCI like neuralink will create permanent non virtual world can u make video about BCI future .

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They really did me dirty if this is a simulation, they could've at least made me pretty

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Did you not see the character customization menu?

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How do you make and animate these illustrations? Would you ever consider a tutorial? Maybe on another channel if you don't want to mix in different types of content on your current one?

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I have thought of a concept. What if we are living in 1 of multiple simulations. These multiple simulations are being used by aliens to determine if humans are worth creating. and if they did creating humans how would these aliens guide us. This theory would cross with many other theories such as aliens, the multiverse and simulating consciousness

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2 minutes into this video and already I’m in love with not only this theory but the art style as well. It is truly amazing and I can’t wait for a new video

[@MrMaradok]

The ending segues nicely into my personal argument - if we ARE in a simulated reality, then does that really change anything? I don’t think so. Unless we can then prove that humanity is alive on the other side, then there’s no real reason to worry about this being true. It’s not like our reality would just fizzle out after finding out - that would be counter productive to the simulations longevity. The fact is, it’s a fun thought experiment, but unless we can give ourselves admin privileges, there’s no real benefit confirming our simulated-ness.

[@UkranianStallion]

Admin privileged is probably what we thought the founder of Many Religion, like Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha, Or Abraham has.

[@MrMaradok]

@@UkranianStallion wait, who’s David? I don’t remember anyone founding a religion named David.

[@UkranianStallion]

@@MrMaradok lol i meant Abraham, Judaism founder.. why did i wrote David? LMAO I'll change that

[@MrMaradok]

@@UkranianStallion Ah, that makes more sense! But yeah, religion founds having Admin privileges makes sense. Reminds me of a book series I read, “Wizard 2.0,” which has the MC finding the admin privileges in a random file. First book is “Off To Be The Wizard” if you wanna check it out. Great tongue-in-cheek humor.

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Damn now this is trippy. Especially after the ai we have studied and created. And its even worse because i feel things in my dreams, which just makes it even more horrifying

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