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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We likely live in a simulation.

Assuming it's possible to create a simulation, the odds of us being in a simulation is 50%

But if you can create one simulation, maybe you can create 1 million. Or maybe you can create nested simulations.

So even if the chance of creating a simulation is 1%, but the creation of one simulation means millions are created, the odds of us living in a simulation are above 99.99%.

Another theory is the Boltzmann Brain. Basically the idea that a brain can spontaneously appear in space:

By one calculation, a Boltzmann brain would appear as a quantum fluctuation in the vacuum after a time interval of 10^10^50 years.

Which means if the universe lasts forever, but has already reached a point where worlds can't form, there's infinite time for something as complex as a brain to suddenly spawn. Which also means it's more likely that you don't exist and are just a brain that will last for a nanosecond before disappearing, and none of this is real. In fact, in a universe that lasts forever, the fact you are a brain that will disappear in a nanosecond is more likely than you being a human with a real past.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Technology improves to the point where after being born you cannot cope with reality. You've gotta go through the ancestor simulation and learn your way out so you can actually enjoy all the amazing stuff of life afterwards.

The ancestor simulation is where I'm at.

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[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That consciousness is real and not an illusion

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

Even though I feel like I might ignite, I probably won't.

[–] Akareth@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That humans are apex predators, and we have been so for upwards of 2.5 million years. Following from this, I believe that most chronic illnesses that we have today (e.g. obesity, diabetes, mental illnesses, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, PCOS, etc.) are caused by us straying from eating diets with lots of fatty meat.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

The reason my memory seems to be fuzzy at times, even for some things that happened recently, comes down to the fact that I was put under for surgery back in 2011 and was under for longer than they expected due to finding something they didn't expect.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does being religious count?

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to ask you to limit it to more material claims if thats ok ☺️

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