zedgeist@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoWe've got it all worked outlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down19
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minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoNo, we can’t prove we’re in a simulation or outside of it. We can prove that we can’t currently create such a simulation but that doesn’t change anything.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIsn’t the point slightly different. We can’t prove we are in a simulation, but that doesn’t mean we are not in one.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWe can’t prove a lot of things, like: Flying Spaghetti Monster is real the whole universe is shaped like a Christmas tree And I could go more and more absurd. Undisprovable claims are boring points of discussion because there are only beliefs, no hard facts.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWith Math, proving that something doesn’t have a proof is a big deal.
No, we can’t prove we’re in a simulation or outside of it. We can prove that we can’t currently create such a simulation but that doesn’t change anything.
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Isn’t the point slightly different. We can’t prove we are in a simulation, but that doesn’t mean we are not in one.
We can’t prove a lot of things, like:
And I could go more and more absurd. Undisprovable claims are boring points of discussion because there are only beliefs, no hard facts.
With Math, proving that something doesn’t have a proof is a big deal.