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📆 30 Dec 2020 | ⏱️ 1 minute read
Nick Bostrom[1] proposes that we are living inside a computer simulation with a 1 in 3 probability. It's easy to get the basic idea of the argument, but it's also widely misunderstood. If you read it, read carefully.
[Essay Link][2]
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🔗 1: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bostrom
🔗 2: https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html
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