The P2P Simulation Hypothesis, with Professor Marcus Arvan
“But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.”
― René Descartes
Simulation theory isn’t exactly anything new.
Whether we want to look back to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, René Descartes’ Evil Demon, or Zhuangzi’s Butterfly, we’ve been eternally fascinated by the prospect that our reality may very well be some sort of illusion.
This idea is so deeply-steeped in our curiosity that we can’t help but idealize new thought experiments and new conceptualizations to stimulate our imagination — The Matrix, Westworld, Assassin’s Creed, Black Mirror — some of the most popular works in pop culture reflect our inherent interest in this subject.
And so recently, as the likes of Nick Bostrom and Elon Musk have thrown their two cents into the discussion, and as we find ourselves exponentially accelerating towards the limitless peak of our digital revolution, we ourselves have once again become insatiably fascinated by the idea that our reality may very well be a simulation of sorts; now more than ever because we’re actually creating such self-sustaining and…
