Notes From the End of Time 3: Inside the Simulation

Today many scientists are wondering if we are living inside a computer simulation: Elon Musk famously claimed that the odds we are living in "base reality" are a billion to one. But what does it mean to live in a simulation -- and where do we find that base reality?

(Note: I know, I know: Laurence Fishburne played Morpheus, not Samuel L. Jackson. My bad).

References:

Nick Bostrom, "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?"
https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

G.K. Chesterton, *Heresies*
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/470/470-h/470-h.htm

Kenaz Filan, "Infinity in the Palm of your Hand"
https://europaschildren.com/2020/07/25/infinity-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/

Martin Heidegger, "Only a God Can Save Us"
http://www.ditext.com/heidegger/interview.html

Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology"
https://simondon.ocular-witness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/question_concerning_technology.pdf

Joshua Rothman, "What are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?"
New Yorker, June 9, 2016
https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/what-are-the-odds-we-are-living-in-a-computer-simulation

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