Second Life is a virtual world but is Real Life also a virtual world? Do our real-life selves live in a simulated universe? How can we know if that is so?
According to the Bostrom argument, there are likely to be many more simulated universes than real universes so, statistically speaking, it is more likely that we live in a simulated universe.
Could we be conscious in a simulated universe, like the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager or Vic Fontaine in ST: Deep Space Nine? The Doctor is a simulation who lives in the real world, Vic Fontaine is a simulation that lives in the holodeck. Both are apparently conscious.
Is there a real-world outside of our world? Could we live there?
Come and find out if you are real or not and if it matters. Bring all your real, imagined and virtual friends!
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