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@Polygnome I'm not just splitting it into two choices. In the town there are 1000 inhabitants in the simulated world and there are a 1000 in the real world, regardless of the rest of the population of earth if we just look at the town then we're comparing the 1000 in the real world to the 1000 in the simulated one. Imagine we make a copy of your household, there are now two copies of you. You, as a person, have two existences a simulated and real version. Same for every member of your household, you all now have a 50/50 chance of being simulated.
@Polygnome I was specifically talking about the members of the town when I talked about the 50/50. So, yes, if we're talking about the whole world then its 1000 vs the 7 billion but if you're just talking about a "member of this town" then you're back down to our 1000 vs 1000.
@CriglCragl He doesn't seem to argue as much for us living in a simulation but for us creating them, our society evolving into a simulated one and any descendants of ours being unlikely to create a simulation of their evolutionary past (us). Sure there will always be limitations (thats why I used a simulation of a town as an example, rather than a perfect replica of our universe. Each simulation can only create a simulation smaller than itself to conserve information but it isn't an argument against it.
@EthanTheBrave Or someone calling themselves "the brave" when the rest of society feels like you need some stuff to back that up? I think it is a stereotyping problem...you have certain genitals so people expect you to act a certain way. If you feel like you're always falling short of those expectations but meeting the stereotype of another set of genitals...maybe you feel like it would be easier if someone applied the other stereotype to you. If you had dwarfs and wizards but you're a magical little guy we think you're a dwarf but you do magic, it might be less of a shock if you wear robes
@NeilMeyer If you write @ and then the person's name they'll see your question. To answer the question I believe Canyon was referring to the fact that gender roles give fewer options to women than they do to men.
@AlexanderSKing Imagine you're in a building with a thousand rooms, one group can go in all but a few rooms and the other can only go in those few rooms. Now both are limited in their choices but which would you say is the more oppressed?
