Talk:Simulated reality
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I don't think it is necessary to define a "simulated reality" as one that would be impossible to tell from the real thing. Virtual realities are simulated realities, just very crude ones at the moment. A simulated reality can go from being obviously fake to something that fools almost everyone except perhaps the one(s) who created it. -- 24.98.104.230
About "The simulation argument, due to the philosopher Nick Bostrom,", has no philosopher pointed that the requirement of computers for simulation is based only in that, in "reality", we need computers to simulate things. In a real simulation, the hardware can be totally different and based in another laws than the ones running in the simulation.
It seemed clear to me when I read about simulations. I'd be surprised if I am the first to find about it. -- Error
I'm not sure that it was Neuromancer that featured the simulated reality, the "Aleph". I think it was Mona Lisa Overdrive.
I think the simulation argument is somewhat misrepresented - really it says either we will not reach a stage where we can run simulations, or if we do we won't be interested in running them, or we're probably in a simulation. He doesn't try to argue for the falsity of the first two hypotheses. Ledge 10:25, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)
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Hey, does someone want to go through the list of literature and films and make sure they're all in the right category? I split the ones I recognized, but there were definately a few I didn't, so if anyone notices one in the wrong category, please fix it! Thanks. -Seth Mahoney 20:27, Jun 14, 2004 (UTC)