I don't understand the Bayesian argument that we live in a simulation. It takes fewer resources to build a computer than to simulate one.
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It addresses it by arguing that one physical planet can simulate many subjective planets by leaving out unneeded details.
I.e., it takes far fewer resources to simulate a mind and (relevant parts of) its environment than to build a brain and its environment.
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So, yes, cheaper to build than simulate a computer, but most of the world isn't computing anything important.
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Just look at how few simulated computations ARE performed by human technology relative to physical computations, tho.
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