Can you imagine the computing power required to generate a simulation of this scale and realism?
Are we living in a computer simulation? No, obviously not. How do I know? Because that's stupid nerd shit, come on.
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It's less than you'd think. Only my immediate surroundings are simulated at high-resolution, you see. You are computationally inexpensive set dressing (sorry!).
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It's always stunning to see how far philosophy has come in the last 2000 years.
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It's "obviously not" only if your concept of computation is limited to PCs, iPhones, and other modern humam-made technology. The academic concept is broader and includes several models besides Turing machines.
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But surely you can't rule out living in a gigantic steam powered orrery?
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What if the world is actually a holodeck projection and life is all a game we forgot we were playing? What if we're actually in a comma? What if we're living in a horse's fever dream?
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Then that's kind-a cool.
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Because they coined this to sell us some movies.
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