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0 pointsVox_Leone2y ago0 comments

> Always find it interesting how people (not OP particularly) can hate on religion, but can entertain the ‘simulation theory’.

The Simulation hypothesis is a rational extrapolation of possible things. Quite different than religion.

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No it’s literally people just rediscovering religion after it’s been made taboo by the zeitgeist

ben_w2y ago

I think it's people rediscovering The Matrix, which itself was used by my A-level Philosophy teacher when discussing Descartes' evil demon.

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0 pointsVox_Leone2y ago0 comments

> Always find it interesting how people (not OP particularly) can hate on religion, but can entertain the ‘simulation theory’.

The Simulation hypothesis is a rational extrapolation of possible things. Quite different than religion.

No it’s literally people just rediscovering religion after it’s been made taboo by the zeitgeist

ben_w2y ago

I think it's people rediscovering The Matrix, which itself was used by my A-level Philosophy teacher when discussing Descartes' evil demon.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse