Science and Futurism

Simulation Hypothesis and Free Will: A Dystopian Idea About The Machine That Generates “Good People”

https://www.wired.com/2011/09/are-we-living-in-a-simulation/ — Are We Living in a Simulation?

Keywords and ideas:

1. Lack of free will → we cannot blame “bad people” to a certain extent;
2. Simulation hypothesis → filtering out “bad people” and keeping people with the longest half-life in terms of behaving nicely (effective half-life);
3. Effective half-life → the probability of the duration at which a design complies to certain criteria;
4. Ineffective half-life → the probability of the duration at which a design does not comply to certain criteria;
5. Change requires change → stop trying to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results;
6. Historical constraint → you have to build upon or change the old “parts” slowly over time;
7. Satisficing → choosing “good enough” designs (rather than perfect ones);
8. Possible criteria → filtering out designs with the longest effective half-life or shortest ineffective half-life + X% return on investment.

Abstract

S o I had this rather dystopian idea about a reason why simulating reality could be beneficial. If we don’t have…