Re:Why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation
by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @11:01AM
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I get it, it's fun philosophically, but this is an absolute non issue.
As a counterpoint to your "Last Action Hero" argument, ask Arnold Schwarzenegger how much it hurt to film the Last Action Hero. Jack Slater is just a role Arnold played and Bruce Wayne is a character. You can never produce an unintended reaction from either of them because there's nothing there to react. They aren't even simulations of people. A person in the simulation is aware of their existence in some reality and are able to react to stimulus. Bruce Wayne can't do that, it does exactly what the writer and artist will. The only place that Bruce Wayne the thinking thing exists is in our imaginations.
As a counterpoint to your "Last Action Hero" argument, ask Arnold Schwarzenegger how much it hurt to film the Last Action Hero. Jack Slater is just a role Arnold played and Bruce Wayne is a character. You can never produce an unintended reaction from either of them because there's nothing there to react. They aren't even simulations of people. A person in the simulation is aware of their existence in some reality and are able to react to stimulus. Bruce Wayne can't do that, it does exactly what the writer and artist will. The only place that Bruce Wayne the thinking thing exists is in our imaginations.