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Are the Sims self aware?
According to Professor Nick Bostrom of Oxford University:
...at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” ...
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Does the Simulation Argument differ in essence from the Evil Genius puzzle?
I recently read an article that suggested we might be able to determine if we are part of a computer simulation run by our descendants. The idea seemed far-fetched, but after looking around, I see ...
