In his 2003 study, Bostrom stated that our reality is a computer simulation created by a highly developed civilization.
Columbia University astronomer David Kipping, studying this concept, paid special attention to three aspects (better known as the “Bostrom’s trilemma”), each of which is capable of being an independent scenario of reality:
Usually, civilizations self-destruct before they have the opportunity to create simulations of reality;
– Advanced civilizations are not interested in creating simulations of reality;
– We are almost certainly living inside a computer simulation.
Bostrom explained that at least one of the three statements must be true. This is quite logical.
Kipping combined the first two assumptions because they lead to the same result – we do not live inside a simulation. Thus, the probability that we live in a computer simulation was 50%.
“I’m not leaning towards any of the statements, but I’m trying to systematize the data I’m working with,” Kipping explained....<<<Read More>>>...
