Mystery AtlasBostrom's Simulation Argument
The 2003 trilemma arguing that at least one of the following is true: civilisations almost always go extinct before becoming technologically advanced enough to run realistic ancestor-simulations; advanced civilisations choose not to run such simulations; or we are almost certainly living in one, since simulated minds would vastly outnumber non-simulated ones.
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Theories & Explanations
Bostrom's Simulation Argument was criticised by Simulation Hypothesis Skeptical Critique.
People
Bostrom's Simulation Argument was authored by Nick Bostrom — Published as 'Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?' in Philosophical Quarterly, 2003.
Concepts & Beliefs
Bostrom's Simulation Argument supports Simulation Hypothesis — A probabilistic argument for taking the hypothesis seriously, not a claim to have proven it; Bostrom himself frames the trilemma as agnostic between its three branches.