[email protected]English • 1 year ago

Would you happily live your life in a simulation? This prescient 1970s thought experiment suggested not

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Would you happily live your life in a simulation? This prescient 1970s thought experiment suggested not

[email protected]English • 1 year ago

Half a century ago, a philosopher imagined a world where we could fulfil our desires through an 'experience machine' like the Matrix. He argued we'd prefer reality, but was he right?

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Whether spending an afternoon in the metaverse

who the hell is doing that??
- batman without ears
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  Some weirdo probably zuck himself
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  https://lemmy.world/comment/8820043
  
  This person!
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    2•1 year ago
    I hope those 8 hours a day were not in the metaverse…