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sagesnow

(2,887 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:52 PM Oct 2017

Elon Musk thinks we are most likely living in a Simulated Reality [View all]

"there is only a one in a billion chance that we are living in the "base reality". He postulates that virtual reality will become so realistic that we will soon be unable to distinguish it from the real thing. And, the Simulated Reality will continue making another Simulated Reality and so on...

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Elon Musk thinks we are most likely living in a Simulated Reality [View all] sagesnow Oct 2017 OP

I love pseudo-scientists who put an exact figure to the odds on something they have absolutely Nitram Oct 2017 #1

I think that the odds are 50/50 that you are right about Elon Musk..... virtualobserver Oct 2017 #3

More like gazillion-to-one odds... Elon is a genius, but, WAYYY off base here. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #5

Elon Musk is far from the only person who believes in the Holographic Universe. sagesnow Oct 2017 #16

Whether or not you "believe" in it, there is no basis upon which to establish the odds Nitram Oct 2017 #21

Belief that we are experiencing a simulated reality is the same as believing that God created Nitram Oct 2017 #22

Infinity Me. Oct 2017 #2

Okay, Russians. Get out of my mind! Gees, this is so out there. I'm getting off line now. The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #4

And people are counting on this guy to get them to Mars??? Loyd Oct 2017 #6

This is all just a simulation? PJMcK Oct 2017 #7

You ( and your friends) may have chose to enter this mutuall sagesnow Oct 2017 #14

You dreamed up this version. sagesnow Oct 2017 #17

Shitty movie, actually PJMcK Oct 2017 #18

IMHO, Inception was a complex and interesting movie. sagesnow Oct 2017 #19

Probably not. LunaSea Oct 2017 #8

smart people often believe dumb things paulkienitz Oct 2017 #9

I had a PhD of Philosophy instructor... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #10

there's a lot we can't disprove paulkienitz Oct 2017 #12

Yep. Thinking about things is highly overrated. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #15

"It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between WinkyDink Oct 2017 #11

I'll have to show this to my girlfriend sometime. sandensea Oct 2017 #13

Ummm, no. paleotn Oct 2017 #20

And the kid who's playing this version of the Sims is a real dick. tclambert Oct 2017 #23