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ooli  ·  2877 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elon Musk thinks we live in a simulated universe

I wonder why everything this guy do/say become "viral"

Look like a new cult, comparable to the Steve Jobs's one.

His only argument is : exponential video-game complexity.

It's nice to have video-game as a science argument. Really, it's nice. But exponential growth on a short period of time, make bad science (Malthus)

Plus, last time I heard about the simulation argument, scientists were considering testing it. I heard, the hypothesis can somehow be tested. Which is nice.

While real scientist do the work, if he is so sure of himself, he should try to alert our Gamer Overlord, that we are aware of them. Landing spacecraft on barge, or building overpriced electric cars seems a cheap way to spend money when he could contact some neat gamer.