[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Fish

What would change for you if you found out you were living in a computer simulation? Would you stop loving your family? Would the experiences you've had with your family suddenly lose their meaning?

Most people can't even really define what "Life" is, or why we're here. This article is simply saying "What if it's this?" If we can't even make a guess with any assurance right now, saying "What if it's this?" isn't any worse than any other theory. If we don't currently know, we can't really feel bad if the truth is slightly different than what we imagined.

And I have no idea how you could say this would cause massacres. I just can't see that at all. Nothing is being taken away from anyone. Emotions are still just as real. Pain still hurts, and loved ones are still missed. Why would knowing something about the structure of reality make experiencing that reality any less valuable?

Think that for every Klebold or Lanza, there are 3 or 4 other people who have left the reservation yet still have enough sanity to not shoot up a school because they still have a life of sorts with people to care about.

Tell those guys that life is not "real" and is, at its simplest, is a simulation in another existence and thus their existence is akin to to a character in a videogame.

And I'm not trying to sensationalize or over dramatize things. There are people who are pretty broken and definitely do not think like people who are "normal" but still hold on to their life as having value, and if logic, reason, and science say that this value is in fact completely empty and without value..