Okay /sci/, I have fallen for this meme way too hard. Is there any way to debunk the Simulation Hypothesis other than just to stop believing in it?
Brief Rundown: -
One of these propositions is true
>the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage
>any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof)
>we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.
Brief Rundown: -
One of these propositions is true
>the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage
>any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof)
>we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.