excreationist
Married mouth-breather
An argument against reality being a simulation could be that your life seems quite ordinary - why would someone want to simulate it? Well in games like GTA V, the countless non-player characters are mostly ordinary. But what if you're the central character? (and others are background characters or also central characters)
This "Rick and Morty" excerpt shows a simulation where you can forget your real identity then live out a somewhat ordinary life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szzVlQ653as
(well Morty pretty much loses his memory while Rick doesn't)
Some people might say that why would anyone want to simulate being in the Holocaust?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl
Perhaps the person chose the simulation knowing how brutal it would be but they wanted a challenge (like how some video game players are now) [or it is just a lottery]
Maybe at the end your true self would reveal their true identity or some of it, a bit like the idea of gods playing hide and seek in the game of life.
This "Rick and Morty" excerpt shows a simulation where you can forget your real identity then live out a somewhat ordinary life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szzVlQ653as
(well Morty pretty much loses his memory while Rick doesn't)
Some people might say that why would anyone want to simulate being in the Holocaust?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl
....Nevertheless, Say "Yes" to Life: A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camp) chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate, which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most brutal ones, and thus, a reason to continue living...
Perhaps the person chose the simulation knowing how brutal it would be but they wanted a challenge (like how some video game players are now) [or it is just a lottery]
Maybe at the end your true self would reveal their true identity or some of it, a bit like the idea of gods playing hide and seek in the game of life.
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