Hi Thomas,
Nice take on the “simulation theory”. Your reflections are very interesting, but if we are in a simulation, then you can’t use the “forms” or knowledge that we gathered from within the simulation to argue whether the simulation is possible or not. In other words, the very concept of atoms, computers etc may be simulated and gives us no “hint” as regards the true nature of “reality” and what is “possible” or not. I think it’s much more interesting to explore things from a more “abstract” point of view, without relying on a specific “form” or “model” as this allows you to explore the “simulation” argument from a fresh perspective.
So in a much more abstract way, I would start with the following premise: there are an infinite number of finite forms in infinity. What this means is that there are an infinite number of seemingly finite experiences (or simulations you could say) in infinity. For instance, 1+1 = 2 is a finite experience. But there are an infinite such finite experiences in infinity. You reading this response right now is a finite experience inside infinity. The entire Universe and its laws is a finite experience within infinity. In the end, if you really want to drill down to the core of existence, then you will see that there are only two things that exist and will exist forever: zero and infinity. Nothing and everything. All the rest is just an experience, a story, a “simulation”, which you can build between 0 and infinity. A temporary illusion, and yet, which has a very deep purpose. Infinity cannot experience itself being infinite. If you put yourself in the “shoes” of infinity, then there are an infinite parallel “timelines” which lead to you sitting where you are, reading this response, and there are also an infinite number of timelines that go from this moment into the future. If you don’t know how you got to where you are, you don’t know where you should be going next. In other words, if you’re infinite, you have no idea what to “experience” next. Said in yet another way: zero and infinity exist for all eternity but cannot be experienced, what is between zero and infinity can be experienced.
Also, zero and infinity are actually the same thing. In infinity, you have every single number and it’s opposite (every single particle and its opposite, every single experience and its opposite, every single energy and it’s energy of opposite polarity), and so as it pops into “existence”, the very next moment, every number reunites with it’s opposite and reverts back to “zero” or nothing, and this happens infinitely fast, which means that everything and nothing exist at the same time (since infinity is infinite in all it’s dimensions: time, space,…)
The most important existential question that we should answer, therefore, is what do we want to experience next within infinity in this “simulation”? The article you have written and the “forms” you use (atoms, science, computers…) are simply our “GPS” to navigate within infinity and dictates what we get to experience next. If all of humanity would still believe in God and a divine order, we wouldn’t be flying around in airplanes and using computers, we would still be in the middle ages listening to priests. It took some bold humans to shift their beliefs first, to “unlock” new experiences within infinity (that of the current science dominated dogma). But that experience is also finite, and ends very predictably (just listen to any climate change scientist). So it is time to change our paradigm yet again to move on and experience more of infinity instead of letting this thread fizzle out under mass floods, global warming, crop failures, global wars for resources etc…
I wrote many articles to deconstruct our current understanding of reality and help us start “fresh”, perhaps this one will be of interest as I address the “simulation theory” but try to see what it looks like from the outside: https://medium.com/@marma.developer/my-spiritual-journey-3-the-nature-of-reality-abc06dc42c67
Cheers! :-)
