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Do we live in a virtual reality?

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:00 pm
by Idealism_Existence
Do we live in a virtual reality rendered by a "computer"? So the computer that renders our reality is in another reality frame, right? Or are we "just" a virtual reality - a simulation - in the mind of God? Then the next question would be: Who or what is that God? And is he/she/it "real"? Many philosophers and scientists today argue that we live in a virtual reality. Can Idealism deal with this view?

Re: Do we live in a virtual reality?

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:41 pm
by Starbuck
Good question! Also seems logical that God's dream can include a scenario in which apparent beings create a simulated reality for other beings to exist in.

Re: Do we live in a virtual reality?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:36 pm
by SanteriSatama
Chalmers has good discussion of Matrix:

http://www.consc.net/papers/matrix.html

Re: Do we live in a virtual reality?

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:15 am
by Brad Walker
Idealism is simulation theory without a computer in a base reality. Mind is the base, and is fundamental, inexplicable in terms of anything else.

Chalmers also writes about simulation and deities in his "Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem" paper: https://philpapers.org/archive/CHAIAT-11.pdf

Re: Do we live in a virtual reality?

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:16 pm
by SanteriSatama
Brad Walker wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:15 am Idealism is simulation theory without a computer in a base reality.
Idealism without a computer/number theory is possible, but many idealist theories are computational. For example the "One" of neo-platonic etc. absolute idealism is computational theory, ideal computer of p-adic number theory as a base reality.