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SgathTriallair t1_ixfn86w wrote

Reply to comment by Veei in Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program by garden_frog

If we get to the point that we can alter the laws of physics (or the code of the simulation) then that will sort of be a difference except that it would still have the same basic effect of us being able to change the rules.

The only real way that it could matter if we are in a simulation is it we could escape it. Maybe when we die we "wake up" or something.

A different perspective on a similar idea is phenomenalism. This is the philosophical idea that the world we perceive and the world as it is are not the same. There are many routes this goes down, such as Kant's nouminal world, socially constructed identities, and cognitive biases.

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Veei t1_ixfqtor wrote

As someone in the infosec field, knowing that our universe is in fact a contrived system tells me that it is most likely exploitable. Quite a worthwile question to answer, IMO.

Interesting about phenomenalism. Hadn’t heard of that before. So things like the recent article stating our consciousness does not receive input in real time? Not that it proves phenominalism but could help potentially support the idea of phenomenalism or that we are in a simulation.

Philosophy and physics/QM intersect often. I think all of it is very worthwhile to study. You’re not the first I’ve come across that thinks it provides no value knowing but I think it would be useful to prove either way.

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