As we all know, every two years, we get a leap forward in computer technology, computers become faster more powerful, and is able to process more data, and hold more memory. However, what if, like our favorite movie and computer game, we really were inside a computer simulation and that we are just like the people in the Sims games? Author William Irwin propose this question for a first time in "The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real" and he has now come out with a new book called, "More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded". Now I saw him on MSNBC tonight talking about this, and he says that there's pretty much a 50/50 chance of us actually being nothing more than simulated people inside a computer program. What do you guys think? Is it possible for us to be inside a simulated world, if we are, what is the real world like? Also, are our creators machines like in the Matrix, or are we just someone's lab work, or hobby, or game? What do you guys think?
Links to the two book: Here & Here.
Links to the two book: Here & Here.
