monkjerry@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 10 months agoSimulation Theorysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1903arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1895arrow-down1imageSimulation Theorysh.itjust.worksmonkjerry@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoI think they’re referring to the Allegory of the Cave. Which isn’t quite simulation theory, but it does tread some of the same questions.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months ago Which isn’t quite simulation theory, but it does tread some of the same questions. I mean, for someone who had never heard of electricity, it’s about as close a comparison as he could get. He explained it the only way someone from his time would have been able to.
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoAh, I’m familiar with that one in particular but I thought there was a different one I had missed.
I think they’re referring to the Allegory of the Cave. Which isn’t quite simulation theory, but it does tread some of the same questions.
I mean, for someone who had never heard of electricity, it’s about as close a comparison as he could get.
He explained it the only way someone from his time would have been able to.
Ah, I’m familiar with that one in particular but I thought there was a different one I had missed.