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simulation argument: a standalone construct

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Metaphysics

argument that at least one is likely true: civilizations rarely reach posthuman stage, rarely run ancestor simulations, or we are almost certainly in a simulation.

In metaphysics, simulation argument refers to argument that at least one is likely true: civilizations rarely reach posthuman stage, rarely run ancestor simulations, or we are almost certainly in a simulation. This meaning comes from Bostrom (2003) in The Philosophical Quarterly.[1]

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References

Bostrom, N. (2003). Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? The Philosophical Quarterly, 53(211), 243-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9213.00309

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