Simulation Theory: What if none of this is real?
Not in a philosophical, "question everything" kind of way — but literally. What if you, me, this podcast, and the entire universe are running inside a computer program built by some civilization far more advanced than ours?
That's simulation theory. And it's not just stoner dorm-room talk anymore.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom laid out the argument in 2003, and it's surprisingly hard to dismiss. He said at least one of three things has to be true. First, civilizations like ours almost always go extinct before they ever get advanced enough to build simulations. Second, even if they do get that…
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