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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 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

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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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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    https://lemmy.world/comment/8820043

    This person!

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      I hope those 8 hours a day were not in the metaverse…

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