Friday, October 14, 2016

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?


Many religions have tried to answer the question of "why are we here?" and "what is our purpose"? Lots of stories surrounding our creation exist - but what if we were never real to begin with? What if our entire existence is just a computer simulation programmed by creatures more advanced than ourselves? That is the topic of the article we read in class today. The article,  entitled "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?" published by Scientific American says the odds of our entire existence being on someone's flash drive is 50-50. It is also pointed out that the world as we know it, is built on math - like computer code. Well, I don't know about you, but I certainly feel I exist. "I think therefore I am" - but I can't prove anything else is, including you. If the world really is a computer simulation however, I'm  annoyed at the developer. Assuming you are alive however, how can the developer  let sentient people suffer? There's natural disasters, famine, drought, war....why doesn't the developer (who we can basically liken to God) help us? Unless they don't know we're alive - I've read many fiction books, but I don't feel bad for the trials the characters are put through because I know they're not alive. The scariest part about this is that at any time we could be deleted, or an error could crash the system. Let's just hope we're lucky, and the world we see is not a Sims game.

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