In case you haven’t heard of this fairly new concept — which has been the plot line of many major films — welcome to reality.. actually, your “simulated reality”.

According to the 2003 hypothesis crafted by Nick Bostrom, entitled “Simulation Argument”, only one of three possible outcomes are possible.

We go extinct. We transcend to a new species of highly intelligent ‘Post Humanity’ community. As computational power exponentially increases we acquire the ability to render computer simulated realities that are indistinguishable from our so-called “real world”.

However, some theoretical physicists & philosophers have taken this even a step further — going beyond believing that we aren’t simply just in a high fidelity simulation; but we actually could exist in a nested series of these simulated worlds!

Yes, you read that correct. Just like those Russian nesting dolls, proponents subscribed to this Sim Theory suggest one simulated reality can craft another which in turn will simulate itself a reality which also is simulating a simulation.

Mind Blown. I get it! So just how deep does the rabbit hole go then in these “Nested Simulations”?

WAIT! In case your brain isn’t hurting yet and we assume that these simulations exist and we’re currently in one; and obviously aren’t aware of it yet — then who’s to say that upon our death when our conscious transcends into the ‘afterlife’; that in fact the Afterlife itself isn’t just ANOTHER SIMULATION…

Scary. Sometimes ignorance is BLISS. ; )

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