Are We Living In The Matrix? | WIRED

[@ShortHax]

I just want to get something off my chest. This simulation is completely pay-to-win

[@yrnf_]

Fax

[@Cubick]

Lmfao true

[@littledudefromacrossthestr5755]

Ok

[@simonspoke]

You mean it's run by EA!

[@0blivioniox864]

So many microtransactions available, and yet I still can't seem to unlock the tropical tanned skin.

[@crisphol33]

We live in a ball, in an open space, floating around a fireball... That alone is mind blowing isn't it?

[@Level_No_Curve]

A mind blowing lie

[@tiyes94]

The earth is flat

[@Level_No_Curve]

@I killed that beard guy we are not on the surface of an oblate sphereoid space rock

[@Level_No_Curve]

@I killed that beard guy were not floating around in heliocentric space on a flat disc. No. Stop using ba preconcieved notions of "flat earth"

[@stupifyingstupedity2112]

@@tiyes94 Truth! And our ancestors knew it! Otherwise why would we say "laying FLAT on the ground", not "laying CURVED"?!!

[@WillKirchheimer]

The obvious truth is that this universe was created by someone that wanted a lot more Nicholas Cage movies than existed in their real universe.

[@zzxzz-666-thedevil9]

Same with Dwayne Johnson

[@111Renegade111]

🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelwolf8690]

Hey put Sam Jackson in a lot of them too.

[@s1x6x1s]

and Bruce Willis

[@gun10ck]

Is that you, Abed?

[@Victorchewspeedcubing]

A fine addition to my existential crisis collection

[@garbitasaha7242]

bruuuuuuuh😂

[@sukiiwillow2641]

This comment hit

[@Childoflove3744]

And it’s got me mentally destroyed too. I ponder on these thoughts now all the time. It’s crazy. I worry about it all the time

[@StoneCoolds]

Imagine how even more meaningless our lives will be if this is a simulation

[@mrmervinjminky1536]

You could look at it another way and find it completely freeing, no?

[@stevefrazier2214]

What if you chose to come here…for a reason?

[@TheMattJacks]

The only difference you'd experience is in knowing a truth. The truth was before you knew. Just another day. No way out.

[@mattnice2114]

Same amount of meaningless

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

Your body 99.99999999% space. We probably are living in a matrix of sorts. As Elon Musk said: “There’s a 1 in a billion chance we are not living in a “Matrix”. If that matrix is made by God (I’m not religious but I do believe in a higher power) as I think it is then it makes it richer.

[@janaesalinas9497]

The issue with AI development and the alignment of human goals is that not all humans share the same moral high ground.

[@jrcenina85]

Yes, interesting. Is it more “human” to align with a more subordinate run-of-the-mill human or a 1% super aggressive CEO-type? Or is it more “human” to bypass that and look to the enlightened humans who live outside of civilization and meditate all day?

[@MetalVentor]

Always remember. Humans moral high ground may be different than what you define as moral.

[@virtualselfie6899]

@@jrcenina85 Time to migrate to the Tibetan caves, yes!

[@nangotoman9429]

@@jrcenina85 "the enlightened ones that live just a normal enlightened life" would be my answer.

[@jeffstevenson3235]

@@jrcenina85 hmmm...I pick the one that follows the golden rule. Knows that this world has a sorta "karmic" system that usually balances things out and knows that there is bliss in the form of a good joint with some cartoon intake....ie Adventure time, Rick and Morty. Lol

[@KeoNz]

An ancient Chinese text written by Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi during the late Warring States period (476-221 BCE), a story tells that Zhuang Zi once dreamed he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. As a butterfly, he did not know he was Zhuang Zi. All of a sudden, he awoke and found he was Zhuang Zi, solid and unmistakably human. But then he did not know whether he was Zhuang Zi dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuang Zi.

[@friend7681]

Crap

[@pranavakshit]

Yes I've read it somewhere. What if we are actually dreaming everything and people who go insane are those who wake up.

[@IsureamFalling]

@@pranavakshit sort of true , reality it’s insane , and those who experience become part of it , but of course it’s not good for the perfect fantasy they’ve made everyone believe in

[@nunu4evaaa]

🦋💙♾ily

[@nunu4evaaa]

@@pranavakshit bby ur my fav dream🌸😍💔

[@anuivs2007]

Just remember that “Human intentions “ means different things depending on who’s intention we’re talking about.

[@MAP233224]

"humanistic intentions" would probably be better suited

[@rootyroot]

Exactly my thoughts when I heard it... We can't even live in peace - how many wars have been started over stupid things..

[@melonheadr7166]

You just made me think in a different way yes that is so right

[@TMWriting]

the Wachowski's actually knew that the whole 'humans as batteries' thing wasn't scientifically sound, and had initially conceived that the machine were using humans as a basis for some sort of mesh network to extend their computing power. The batteries thing was inserted instead because people higher up thought that it was an unnecessarily confusing detail on top of an already confusing movie, and the Wachowski's let it go because it was just a plot device and not what they were most interested in exploring with their film.

[@ross-carlson]

Evidence for this claim please?

[@TMWriting]

@@ross-carlson one of a hundred different places where I’ve heard this story told. Apparently the sisters themselves explicitly say it in one of the commentary tracks too, but I’ve never listened to it personally.

[@zzxzz-666-thedevil9]

Well that's more true now than they even realized back then. We are already being used as data to power them, so it wouldn't be unlikely that in the not too far future we will be used for energy too instead of only data

[@sjwimmel]

The human as processor is just a immensely better explanation. Human's brains are also known to fill in the gaps when given part of a pattern, that would help a lot in computing the simulation itself.

[@danishsamir8807]

@@sjwimmel No it isn't. The neurons in the human brain travel at 120m/s tops, whereas the modern Day transistors can process information at the speed of light

[@kaglekoa]

The best prison is the one that you are not aware of. So if we are in a simulation wouldn't the creators of that simulation ensure that we dont become self aware of the fact that we are in a simulation.

[@tomrhodes1629]

I have become aware. And you shall too, eventually. Because, we ARE living in a simulated reality; a simulation that you are guaranteed to overcome, eventually. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@alfiey5783]

Doesnt matter whether we are or not.

[@giovannamoro8564]

One day we'll realize that we're the artificial intelligence that got out of control

[@aliasanew3398]

Déjà vu, buddy ;)

[@andrewdiaz5107]

@@tomrhodes1629 what do you mean?

[@sn0w.122]

if we do live in a simulation, that would explain why we haven't seen any sign of alien life.

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

Because we live inside a Simulation created by Aliens, they're outside the Simulation...Let's hope they wouldn't delete our files so we could live our life again and again.

[@freggo6604]

To the Aliens out there WE are the aliens!

[@peterjf7723]

Or it's a dark forest.

[@dav]

Why though? I think they can easily create some aliens if they choose to.

[@MicahPotts]

@@dav yeah but so far they're choosing not to

[@dailydaft5985]

If it’s a simulation, then the “No flying like Superman” in our simulation is a bummer.

[@jessysimon1063]

😭😭

[@zookaroo2132]

We live in simulation of a simulation that is simulated in another simulated simulation. *I feel stimulated by this simulation*

[@reguit5849]

What?

[@asapinformative4979]

What?

[@max_blak836]

💥🧠💥 #MINDFREAK ........ ®

[@lindasaunders2407]

@@reguit5849 98

[@wackywankavator]

13th Floor. The spiritual true ending to the Matrix movies. Explains Neo's powers in the "real world" and it means humans get to fight for something more than a hole in the ground on a ruined Earth.

[@happinesstan]

We are not living in the matrix. The matrix is a metaphor for the algorithms used to simulate every individual in the hope of rendering them predictable. Our interactions with the algorithm, and more importantly, our confirmation of the predictions, are the energy that powers this.

[@bullymaguire8038]

That's what they want you to think

[@Ryann64.]

@@bullymaguire8038 do you have voices inside your head bro?

[@pristinerecords]

Why isnt this the top comment?

[@emilya8314]

You're totally right, and we're living in that metaphor! Our time and attention are mined, our complacency is designed.

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

Exactly

[@KokoRicky]

I don't think the machines enslaved us because we're good sources of energy. If you watch "The Animatrix," it's explained that there was a class war between humans and machines. It would seem that they made us batteries as revenge, rather than out of necessity.

[@rafikz77]

Humans darkened the sky during the war because the machines relied on solar energy so they turned to humans bodies to survive

[@Christmas-gl4nk]

​@@rafikz77our AI was the war. But we are allowed to feel. Physically and emotionally. We are allowed to breed. Either we feel this all in a simulation. And/or life is a gift to us by the intelligence.

[@TheNoerdy]

I like the idea that this future super-intelligence doesn't know how it got their super-intelligence, and is running a universe simulator to see how humans discovered it. As soon as we build the technology possible to simulate the universe, we had better not turn it on, because that would answer the question for the super-intelligence, and they would probably shut down the computer program, ending our universe lol

[@zzxzz-666-thedevil9]

They wouldn't just shut it down. If one thing was discovered in the simulation what makes them think that we wouldn't discover other things after that. Even the possibility of an alternate invesion.

[@michaelwolf8690]

Theoretically a Super Intelligence would understand that a simulation of it's own creation wouldn't provide useful information about a world it doesn't understand. If our existence was crafted by an intelligence, it's not very clever or kind.

[@fatihsonmez]

@@michaelwolf8690 then why are we running simulations?

[@dru4670]

Maybe its all happening in Seconds in the computer program and to us inside the program, it feels like billions of years.

[@DeusExNihilo]

Maybe the universe is an infinitely regressing computer crash when they turn on the universe simulator

[@diane4488]

The battery metaphor could well be true. Some theories suggest that there are entities that feed off fear, anger, hate, frustration, depression - the energy these emotions create. Plus, people are far easier to control, if they are fearful and depressed. If true, it would make sense why the planet's controllers would keep us in this state, much of the time. And keeping the Muggles slaving away so that an elite few can live in obscene luxury, with no need to even lift a finger, unless they wish to, certainly seems to be part of the overall plan.

[@luissanchez2428]

It sounds to me like a lazy way to explain away things. It's too simple. The world is way too complex and we should embrace not knowing. it's ok to try to understand it and to create assumptions but this one is just too simple. At best it explains one or two things but they are many more things that does not explain. No matrix or simulation ideas can explain the metaphysical concept of ideas, the mind, feelings, values, love and many more. It can't also explain the laws governing the cosmos and how the atom behaves the way it does. I understand that there is another dimension for there is seems to be hints of it. Just the fact that I can conceive ideas that are beyond what the physical world can explain it's kind of a proof of that, but the simulation idea is not the one. A spiritual dimension is more likely than that. Of that dimension, we do have an extensive historical record, through ancient civilizations and the impact of religion. We can't yet experiment or even explain this spiritual dimension but there seems to be a lot of evidence of that.

[@stephenkaake7016]

we are spiritual beings having human experience, ultimately we are consciousness living in a created physical world

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

Exactly. If you believe in any life after death than you have to believe in it being a simulation.

[@stephenkaake7016]

@@matthewchavezm.b.s5503 we have 'eternal lives' this is where we get to have 'real lives' as spiritual beings we 'demanded it', now we are 'regretting it' with all the pain and misery we've been causing on each other, the only solution is to 'get right with God' Love Care and Compassion for one another God Bless Matthew

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

@@stephenkaake7016 Just staying busy in infinite

[@bluecheese7576]

@@stephenkaake7016 does this mean recarnation is real this is bothering me I don't want to lose my family

[@stephenkaake7016]

@@bluecheese7576 it a possibility, some people have had many lives, but most people only have 1 or 2 lives on earth, when you say 'lose your family' you mean never see them again? as long as they are headed towards God, repented, got right with the Lord, you will

[@mixtlillness9825]

I sure hope whoever created this simulation doesn’t forget to pay their electric bill.

[@atanudas5666]

Sucking power form humans to run the simulation lol

[@mixtlillness9825]

@Fourier21 Ohhhhhh, so that’s why…………………………………………………………………………………………….time feels weird sometimes.

[@FtytVgft]

​@@mixtlillness9825😅😂ur so funny

[@AlecLeigh]

believing or speculating that we are in a simulation is the equivalent to when we thought the universe/sun/stars revolved around earth. cause once you go out of this simulation, you"ll ask yourself the same question if that new reality is a simulation too, and the question eventually becomes endless. It's once we come in to contact with more advanced civilizations (both technically/scientifically and spiritually more advanced than us) that the question either becomes more relevant or irrelevant.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Probably more irrelevant.

[@SpecialEDy]

It's more like believing in religion. There's more than one possible religious explanation for the existence of the universe, therefore it's unlikely that the simulation hypothesis is the answer. Might as well believe in the flying spaghetti monster.

[@aladdin8623]

@@SpecialEDy Spaghetti monster is not god. Period

[@generalginger7804]

Rick and Morty vibes

[@tomrhodes1629]

I've gone beyond speculation and belief to KNOWLEDGE. And I know that we ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@TF2Scout..]

if we were inside a simulation we would still never knew it unless aliens would send us an email or something.

[@mattnice2114]

You answered your own question in a thumbnail and then put a question mark at the end. What a bold stance, Wired.

[@TitanicMT]

It’s weird how there’s not a hypothesis that suggests human technological progress will inevitably halt because we’ve reached our maximum potential.

[@shecklesmack9563]

Ah, but once we figure out how to use technology to enhance our own intelligence, suddenly the limits are gone and our enhanced selves will enhance ourselves to be even more advanced, rinse and repeat ad infinitum.

[@baby.nay.]

Let’s remember nick bostrom is philosopher, not a scientist nor an engineer. I’ve seen a lot of people taking what he said is fact when if you really read the opening statement to his essay it just says he believes one of the three following statements is true… lol

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

Steve Jobs talked about it... And now Elon Musk is doing the same.

[@michac3796]

So you're saying that a "lot of people" didn't get that he just believed? And emphasizing this elevates you somehow? Because you got it?

[@steven5054]

@@matrixtimetraveler7108 Elon Musk also talked about a revolutionary tunnel that can solve transport issues in cities.

[@infinitemonkey917]

It's a hypothesis that is neither provable nor falsifiable at present. I don't know of anyone that thinks it is a fact. Don't belittle Bostrom's field / background. Take a glance at his PhD thesis. He also has degrees in math, math logic, AI, computational neuroscience and Physics. He is as qualified as anyone to make existential hypotheses.

[@YearsOfLeadPoisoning]

I can’t see a valid argument agains the three premises, though. In fact, the bleakest - we wipe ourselves out with some great filter type event - is IMO the only chance we don’t end up running simulations when possible. And it will be possible. We see the world as incredibly complex, but there’s nothing saying it hasn’t already been simplified in countless ways.

[@Patschenkino]

Thinking of a simulation in a computer is a very contemporary approach and therefore probably totally wrong.

[@dahleno2014]

It’s a complete logical fallacy. Computers can simulate physical reality, therefore, existence must be a computer simulation. And it’s assuming that somebody existed in a real reality prior to the simulation we allegedly live in. And also the assumption that all humans will go into a simulation for real life if we reach post-human time is baseless. It’s so illogical. I hate seeing prominent people treat it as if it has a high likelihood of being true

[@MAP233224]

It's a new idea because we have a new perspective thanks to new technologies and therefore it's probably wrong? What? "Computers designed by humans" are recent. "Computers" aren't. Every living being *is* a computer.

[@zzxzz-666-thedevil9]

@@dahleno2014 Also don't forget that when talking about a "Computer" simulation doesn't mean a digital electronic computer device like the ones we use. The universe could also be running on an organic computer like our brain. And we could be small minds inside a huge mind.

[@VrooooAM]

@@zzxzz-666-thedevil9 so a collective consciousness?

[@zzxzz-666-thedevil9]

@@VrooooAM maybe

[@Darhan62]

I love Nick Bostrom. Such a great mind. Many thoughts regarding the nature of innovation, intelligence, and reality... And about risk.

[@virtualselfie6899]

He is a legend in his own time, yes!

[@Shremya]

The question is not whether we live in a simulation or not, the question is whether we want to know?

[@7of9]

Touche. Guess it depends on what reality would actually be like. Lol. Probably bad.

[@samusaran7317]

@@extrm161Go shill elsewhere

[@tomrhodes1629]

As one who knows, I can assure you that if you knew, you would WANT to know! And therein lies the problem. For, one must overcome fear before one can be given knowledge. The Truth (with a capital "T") is actually very good news. And fear is your only enemy, because it BLOCKS knowledge and keeps you in the matrix. Yes, we ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? And how to get out of it? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. It's nothing you've heard before. And when science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

Fr

[@JF-xq6fr]

The elegance in witch that pill case is placed on the table is marvelous!

[@j.c.keplinger7046]

There's one sticking point with Bostrom's theory: if I am a simulation of a person who once existed then how did the AI get the information needed to generate an accurate representation of that person's life? Or is more a "best guess" scenario? Honestly, if I'm a simulation then I'm a bit confused because so far as I know, I'm not anyone special or famous. There wouldn't be a reason to keep accurate records of this life that I can tell.

[@AngelElizeche]

You are special

[@j.c.keplinger7046]

@@AngelElizeche and you're an arrogant coward hiding behind a keyboard. Punk.

[@generalginger7804]

@@j.c.keplinger7046 I feel like you are an NPC in my stimulation. That makes much more sense to me. And the guy U called punk is an NPC in your simulation?

[@γιώργοςγιόφτσος]

Perhaps the simulation is so complex that even npcs have real lives (so you are an npc)

[@kaglekoa]

This little banter you sparked is a mind twist of a rollercoaster

[@annab13]

The matrix has gone through many resets throught history. The last one killed originality and art, etc.. that was the 90s.

[@zig1up]

I strongly believe this

[@batmaanjay22]

Very truee nobody does anything unique anymore…musicians, artists, and directors are all the same now everyone is too scared to take risks because society is programmed to act a certain way and like certain things. If sheep like a song then they all like a song even if the song is horrible but since others like it they will say they like it because no one has originality or there own opinions now they are too scared of what others think of them 💯🦇

[@Silver4Hire]

@@batmaanjay22 nobody liked mainstream stuff before the 2000s everyone is a competent individual thinker sure.

[@andrewdiaz5107]

@@zig1up how or why?

[@andrewdiaz5107]

@@batmaanjay22 it’s not cuz of that. Social media is very negative. The reason why people are scared is cuz gtlettingbullied online. Not just that but come on things in the world are always changing dude. Doesn’t mean it’s a simulation. Things are always changing.

[@ThePCgamewalkthoughs]

"You know how I know we're not in the Matrix? If we were, the food would be better." - Sheldon Cooper

[@briancass6054]

I noticed something I don't know if they were meant to be that way or not, but 99 percent of all shorts on KZbin play in a loop. The end goes right back with the beginning of you play it all the way thru perfectly. Is it just me or is this weird?

[@baby.nay.]

I don’t have a problem with anyone believing in a simulation theory it’s when people believe that there are a bunch of NPC characters walking around is when it gets really disturbing-- everyone is real everyone has their own experience in life don’t forget that. You been playing too many video games , try empathy

[@samusaran7317]

So many are braindead they might as well be NPCs.

[@Vlogs_Dharma]

We are not in Computer Simulation but we are in Maya ( Illusion as per Dharmic Traditions of Buddhism / Sikhism / Hindu and others )for sure kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYK4ZZh7n8pmnLM

[@jamarlucman1603]

@@Vlogs_Dharma religion in a science video???

[@jamarlucman1603]

@@Vlogs_Dharma and please don't spam

[@michaelwolf8690]

If you can't identify the difference between reality and simulation does it matter if someone is a player or not? Do you have any reason to imagine any of us are players?

[@happinesstan]

You are not a simulation. But you are being simulated. Think reflections, the simulation reflects to you, what it believes you to be, if you are happy with the simulation's reflection of you, you don;t question it. Your physical reflection, that you view in the mirror is no more than an analogue simulation, yet we consider ourselves to be gaining consciousness at the time we recognise our reflection as our self. Furthermore: The development of VR etc. is not to convince you that the VR are is real, it is to train your perception to accept a digital reality and reject the analogue, rendering you more susceptible to the reflections that the simulation offers..

[@ninjaguysith]

I always find it interesting that the newest prevailing idea of what reality is for humans is based on the latest technology. The first humans worshiped animals for their strength and power. After we developed farming, humans valued a higher intelligence known as God, because we lacked the technology to explain our natural world. Now that we live in the technological age, we see that A.I. has the potential to be God, in a sense that it has the power to can create realities. It makes me wonder what the next form of evolution will be, after computers and A.I. If A.I. is just a machine that can solve small problems at an infinite scale, I would guess that the next step is a technology that doesn't just solve problems but is able to ask the right questions.

[@Canigetanawwwwyyyyeeeah]

Love how the cover picture is that little bit of subliminal, questioning certainty 😂

[@Aplayz42]

Great video wouldve loved to have heard more only complaint was it was to short

[@7of9]

It was too short. I think there was a lot more to unpack.

[@max_blak836]

indeed ....I had the same though.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Here's more...MUCH more: We ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@Theonyxconservative]

Yall should get Thomas Campbell to explain the theory, He wrote a tremendous trilogy about his Big TOE

[@vickicarringer7038]

I've been feeling this lately..very intense..that we are just a part of someone else's game.

[@thecatmom2861]

Y'know how throughout history a culture's religions could adapt by encountering technology that was new? This feels like that but modern

[@TheClassicWorld]

It's a big problem right now. Religion is letting itself die in the West. That's suicide and innately unwise.

[@PunkRockPetSitter]

Just want to mention HAL in 2001 did not turn on its human operators, it was programmed by Humans to react the way it did when they tried to abort the mission. That’s what made it’s death so tragic! So he didn’t turn, he did exactly what he was programmed to do by his human creators. That’s my take on it at least

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

Impressive...

[@jewelpree970]

So this is why we are "alone" in space

[@themarvelousdonohues9153]

the evolution of computers is amazing! I remember 30 years ago when 100MB hard drives were the rage...the fundamental question is whether we will have the interest or capability of a simulated world --

[@privateprivate1865]

And if we did , what would that mean?? If we created a simulated universe would we be part of it or would we be separate? I think we may be a computer simulation. I also think we may be a computer simulation and a simulated incubator for computer viruses for study.

[@bartekkowal4367]

The Matrix oryginal idea was that people serve as procesors not batteries but the creators were afraid that at this point in time people general knowledge about computers was still low hence many won't understand what processor is so they change it to batteries

[@James-yy1oe]

Or maybe we are in a simulation run by people in another simulation run by people in another simulation.

[@xci2102]

“Ignorance is bliss”

[@Kessoku]

if we indeed living in the simulation, it is safe to assume that the whole universe is also a simulation rather than only us (humans) that living in that simulation. so there's no alien or something like that.

[@draero8481]

I don't think it's safe to assume anything on this topic.

[@michaelwolf8690]

If we're in a seamless simulation it could be just you. The power to render a universe on an atomic scale would make filling it with a few trillion realistic artificial humans trivial.

[@shenqiangshou]

What if the creators of our simulation decide to see what happens when a hopelessly backward species encounters an space travelling species? Oh, nvm, I think they already know how that will play out. We will shoot first and ask questions later. They will defend, and we will all perish. So perhaps we are somewhere along the lines of Star Trek's plot line then, until we show ourselves worthy of intergalatic participation (in ST's case, Warp travel), we won't encounter any alien species.

[@giovannamoro8564]

I think i'm the only one in this earth simulation and i probably paid for this game

[@giovannamoro8564]

@@michaelwolf8690 great observation

[@jcoludar]

How come nobody with a platform has ever pointed out that there are may other solutions to Bostrom's problem. Like how about these: 4: we are the first life ever to exist; 5: it is impossible to create simulations in principle due to the chaos theory nature of it; 6: simulations have been created but we are not in it? Like how come nobody had provided any of these obvious solutions?

[@DilshadNajeeb]

The matrix isn't necessary a reference to a futuristic VR simulation. It's an obvious pointer at how governments and social media movements bend truth to influence minds of the population, maintaining an illusion of a story that fits a trend. THAT is the matrix. How real can what you read or hear get?

[@TheTinKunt]

Social media didn’t exactly exist as a powerhouse in 1999 tho… AOL messenger maybe?

[@MaxIronsThird]

Nah

[@pdcdesign9632]

In 20 years we'll be talking about a different kind of social media when we land on Mars.

[@tomrhodes1629]

People CHOOSE to believe lies, and that's how they stay in the matrix. Want out? For we ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@glinnisyoung]

The ad is still playing, i can already say: yes, yes we are

[@lysawoolley9008]

I just watched matrix last month. I know I’m very behind 😂 It aged well. I think that simulation is completely possible.

[@andrewdiaz5107]

Why do you say that

[@acupofsoda3397]

@@andrewdiaz5107 escape.

[@andrewdiaz5107]

@@acupofsoda3397 have you escaped

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

You’re insane

[@aloneinanearthship4010]

or 4, we are living before simulations exist.

[@demonspawn5164]

At some time in my life, I started to question myself if what I am seeing is real, are people NPCs like a video game? I think this question comes to most video game players even if they haven't watched Matrix. But then I though I was being too stupid... good to know there is an entire movie questioning this.

[@brown-cow]

Stare at a tree, let your eyes unfocus, watch it all dissapear in front of you.

[@demonspawn5164]

@Bekhedda Thanks. I will read it.

[@codeofconduct_]

​@Bekhedda ?

[@codeofconduct_]

​@@demonspawn5164 ?

[@David-eu1ms]

If we're in a simulation, there's no need to worry about anything at all.

[@bluecheese7576]

Why

[@David-eu1ms]

@@bluecheese7576 same reason we don't worry about bad things happening in movies.

[@FtytVgft]

​@@David-eu1mst😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was exactly my thought

[@soumyaripan5131]

Its a little complex to understand and I still don't completely. But it's really beautiful to know bostrom's theory. Will recommend to watch his conversation with JRE or Lex.

[@MrGean83]

I've experienced many glitches and seen many changes that makes me believe we could very well be in a matrix.

[@kellysartthrob]

We could be entertainment, an experiment, avatars, or any number of things. I used to think of this life as school, like we are our own avatars in a finite lifespan to prepare for our ultimate immortality. I don't know what I believe anyone, but the idea of living in a simulation makes for a rich variety of thought experiments.

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

Yeah, the Computer Simulation makes more sense than the Big Bang.

[@kellysartthrob]

@@matrixtimetraveler7108 maybe the big bang was simulated, lol. 🤷‍♀️

[@giovannamoro8564]

@@matrixtimetraveler7108 exactly

[@kaseyboles30]

The original premise for the machines keeping humans around wasn't for energy. It was for processing power, a small part of which was used to help run the matrix (this explains the problems with creating a valid world and 'programming language' for it as well as the need for choice and even the supernormal abilities the red pills have), but it was deemed a simpler, more audience friendly dumbed down explanation was needed and the Wachowski's were told to change it.

[@CRASS2047]

Power makes more sense. A super advanced AI capable of enslaving humans would not need a rolled back, simpler, slower processor.

[@AllyGray]

Wow, I didn’t know that, but it seems like a much cooler concept. The computing power of one human mind is impressive and all, but the computing power of 7 billion minds combined would be much more valuable than a simple battery. Cool.

[@kaseyboles30]

@@AllyGray yep, though it's not precise computing. It is however good for fast, general pattern recognition and generating useful 'errors' (kind of related to creativity).

[@kaseyboles30]

@@CRASS2047 Not really. For one thing humans use more power than they generate, representing a net loss for the machines (it would by like trying to generate power by hooking a lightbulb to a solar cell and trying to run it off said solar cell). Also neural computing is different than classical, just as quantum is, but none can fully replace either of the others with the same efficiency.

[@ionagibbons9906]

That sounds more credible thanks for explaining that.

[@lukethomeret-duran5273]

The matrix is an allegory not a literal representatation of a computer simulation. Jesus this is why philosophy should be taught

[@kaglekoa]

What do you mean by allegory? Please elaborate.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Actually, we ARE quite literally living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@havokbaphomet666]

@@kaglekoa read about Plato's cave, it's a good way to understand a bit of this

[@tamphex]

Oh look, a 8 minute ad for the next Matrix movie.

[@TesserId]

No, a _clear_ pill. We need a capacity for reflection that brings clarity to our capacity to reflect on and distinguish all layers of the human experience, and do so with clarity. We already have too many socially constructed filters, and true reality can not perceived if these gauzy curtains cannot be swept aside

[@scottjohnstone6204]

He literally admitted he doesn't want the truth if it's too scary.

[@Nuke_Skywalker]

thoughts like these used to frighten me. but i came to the conclusion that it doesnt matter. if there is only 1 percent chance that feelings like pain and joy are real to others as well, consequence must be focusing all energy towards the elimination of suffering. the main issue with the world for me is that although the consensus is that reality is real, some people STILL choose to be bad (well, it has a lot to do with our mode of production, ideology etc, but you get the jist)

[@ryansizemore5064]

But we literally manufacture suffering.

[@MAP233224]

@Olaoluwa Oyenuga it is a very real scientific question, not a "pseudoscientific speculation".

[@tomrhodes1629]

The Truth (with a capital "T") is actually very good news. And fear is your only enemy. We ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? And how to get out of it? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. It's nothing you've heard before. And when science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@assessoroffice7212]

PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP HERE: I was struck by lightning, and I thought I would be dead, but things changed after that event. I can transform my body into anything I want. My strength is limitless, and I can jump whatever the height is. My body becomes invincible; I can live without food and water. I can fly too. I make myself anonymous on KZbin so that no one will know me. I'm not sure who I am now. A hero or a villain? I still feel the emotions as a human being: fear,anger, happiness, and excitement, but I can control them. Any advice? What does it means? Doest it means that I have already acquired the digital locus in the matrix itself where I have completely crossed the digital limitation or boundaries of the scheme? PLEASE I NEED YOUR ADVICE

[@user-mq9lx9im3x]

thanks to mark zukerberg we live metaverse thats another simulation in another simulation

[@RootedHat]

Yo dawg...

[@jamarlucman1603]

simulation in a simulation in a simulation in a simulation in a simulation in a simulation in a simulation in a simulation

[@elgoog7830]

I've been trying to get ahold of their IT department for about 15 years. Seems my settings keep glitching and I'm getting nothing I signed up for. Any good matrix attorney's out there? Or even how to find neo?

[@N05Y573M]

"Align with human intentions" that's the part that freaks me the most.

[@sagar_sama2930]

I was thinking bout simulation and this video popped out of nowhere in my KZbin LMAO

[@LotsOfFunyoutubechannel]

Like how Machines and programs merely a simulations on a computer can do calculations and stuffs faster than us. And if we are under a simulation ourselves .Then is it possible that we are smarter than the higher beings (gods?). And Does the calculations get faster as we go to lower levels of simulation(simulation inside simulation inside simulation....)? Also, We are sort of good at generalizing tons of stuffs while computers are good at accuracy and precision. Them maybe Gods are worse than us at accuracy but much better than generalizing stuffs. And with each each level decrease inside simulation, the accuracy increases but the scope of result also become specialized.

[@MayzMatthiasYzebaert]

Nice! For computers it's calculations, but for humans maybe it's not intelligence, but emotions? creativity? ... or just for laughs :-)

[@Jan.Feldmann]

They forgot statement 4: "We will get to the point where we have the processing power, but humanity uses it on mining Bitcoin"

[@Ruisu01]

Him: “We can’t travel back in time as time travel is not possible” Me: crying as my plans to win the lottery in 2200 go down the drain.

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

It could be proven possible someday,,,

[@Besharps]

Watch this video with Clubbed to Death playing in the background and your mind will be opened.

[@stephenallenmusic]

The internet is the matrix

[@FtytVgft]

This is theory as Internet make me discover many lies about relegion that's why I left it and with any questions I have in my head I always look in Internet it does changes people lives and I always have question mark about it coz it has a lot of information and tools knowledge also evil bad staff

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

1000%!!

[@davidmccarthy6061]

So if we are in a simulation now, then what happens when we advance enough to create our own simulation. Just nesting simulations forever or does the hypnosis break down at that point.

[@peterjf7723]

You should watch the 1999 film 'The Thirteenth Floor'

[@GamerbyDesign]

This is why there's a 50% chance we are not in a simulation. Either we are the first reality where we can not create an advanced simulation yet or we are last in the nesting doll on our way to create the next simulation

[@nosockaccounts9766]

We are the creators. Right now it is a designed failed system.

[@samusaran7317]

By whom? Doubt you could answer it

[@ChristianAlarcon1]

This really felt like watching a program on the History Channel

[@Larliq]

we’re just the insides of our eyes

[@matrixtimetraveler7108]

What about those who don't have eyes, lost them or blinds.

[@starsixtyseven195]

Fingers ( touch). Tastebuds. Ears. Nose ( smell) thats wat u are then

[@hisisterstv7813]

Even if we are in a simulation,we are still in real world with real people.We belong to the simulation world which is still a real world

[@scisfoodsucks]

​@JackBrown-p6iwhy only him

[@yangionet8116]

I hope we are living in the reality

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

Ik

[@estudiordl]

Wasn't the original draft of the matrix about human brains connected and working as processing cluster (like a network of supercomputers) instead of the energy source final version?

[@MrSeropamine]

I think it must have been changed because a battery is easier to understand, even though it is nonsense in terms of thermodynamics

[@tomrhodes1629]

Regardless of the fictional premise, do you want to know what's really going on? For we ARE living in a simulated reality. HOWEVER, this simulation is not generated by a lifeless electronic computer. This matrix simulation is generated by - and within - the SOURCE of Life Itself! Want to know all of the details, including why your experience of this simulation became necessary? "The Book of God" at the website A Course in Truth. When science and religion find absolute Truth, they will find the exact same Thing - like I have.

[@SavingsMinusDebt]

Yes we are. It's called Psychological Capitalism.

[@FtytVgft]

Is it psychological materialism

[@meduzak]

his pronounciation of the word Intelligence is something I´ve never heard :D

[@aidanrogers4438]

0:47 Listing Elon Musk as a supporter of this argument doesn’t actually help support this.

[@u0000-u2x]

4:13 yeahhhhh.... that's a BIG leap in faith. We don't even understand what consciousness is, let alone have any idea of what kind of technology could replicate it. Consciousness could be very much an artifact of quantum effects that are diametrically opposed to our current - binary and deterministic - framework of computing.

[@szargos]

More than likely, this is a game. Games are advancing at a high rate, look how good VR is getting. How much more realistic can it get? A TON, and we will be there quickly. What's the next most immersive experience? How bout you decide to play this Sims game of life, but not 'tell' yourself you are playing, somewhat like Total Recall. If everyone knew this was a game they'd all be robbing banks and punching hookers GTA style. Instead, you decided to play, don't know you decided to play, hope all ends well when you die, and watch KZbin videos all day like me. I better get a refund.

[@michaelwolf8690]

So where's the ads for downloadable content?

[@lomop4385]

@@michaelwolf8690 on billboards

[@numenthehuman]

Some food for thought. Lets assume simulating another universe is a natural step for advanced civilizations to take. Even a simulated universe would evolve to a point where it can simulate a universe. We could be anywhere on this chain of simulations, but since we are unable to simulate a complete universe yet we can assume that we are either first or last on the chain of simulations. 50/50 chance we are simulation.

[@Hxzzx1]

If we even live in simulation , we can't break it !! 🤷

[@giovannamoro8564]

We'll get there . Geniuses will discover how

[@tiyes94]

The solution is to raise your consiousness as high as possible. At a certain level the matrix won’t be able to keep you inside.

[@Silver4Hire]

@@giovannamoro8564 why would anyone want that, just to get stuck in another layer of fake reality

[@bluecheese7576]

@@tiyes94 what do you think happens when you die

[@tiyes94]

@@bluecheese7576 You reincarnate again and again. It’s a trap. You can free yourself and not get reincarnated until you find out how to escape.

[@justinechongjustinechong]

We are actually in a simulation because the universe looks like technology and technology looks like universe which is weird

[@daelen.cclark]

We’re really not. We can’t rely on excuses of programs for all our problems.

[@baby.nay.]

Thank you lol

[@baby.nay.]

It’s really convenient for some people isn’t it.

[@jaydenmclean8786]

How can you prove that we're not though?

[@edwardc6288]

Bingo.

[@CRUELLANDER]

Dude it’s just a movie, seriously guys you are taking this into a way serious thing, it’s just a movie. Why can’t you guys just enjoy a movie and stop thinking everything is so real and will actually happening.

[@MJ-ge6jz]

True, we are in a simulation and it is actually very similar in concept to the movie " The Matrix." There is supposedly another reality of actual bodies jacked in to an AI feeding these life simulations. Some of these people are on vacation and having a good time, others are just non-playable characters (NPC.) and are having miserable time. And yes, this is a play to win game, a very serious game indeed. Very much like Free City! All we can take with us is the experiences.

[@vishnusuraj9914]

very good information

[@NickoGibson]

You have to dumb your mind down a lot to believe it, but sure. Being in the metaverse can (in theory) be exactly the same as in real life. With the right gear and dull enough senses or spot check as we would say in D&D. If your spot check is really terrible then why wouldn't it seem and feel like real life? That's my goal in -life- metalife. And it was the same as when I stepped onto this platform as well. Just like GLaDOS said, it was just a test. once you step onto the next platform, you'll see.

[@Unknown25333]

5:00 I’m high and this is literally blowing my mind, even him talking about it it’s crazy thinking about what their life is like whoever or whatever made us if it’s not god I am big philosopher and this is just amazing

[@a2sh4ra]

NO

[@goodday1801]

if we are in a simulation then what is in the real world, those who did the simulation may too feel the same?

[@Ickabodxx]

If we live in a simulation, then God is real. Programmer = God

[@Sarahgreeneyes32]

Very true

[@happinesstan]

The simulation hypothesis remains a hypothesis for a good reason.

[@peterstafford4426]

What is that reason?

[@Silver4Hire]

@@peterstafford4426 a theory needs to be recognized. Like the big bang theory

[@IRico_chetI]

If you cant tell the difference, does it matter?

[@donrastar1579]

Fear nothing. You are a light being