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Are We in a Simulation

Yeah.

October 11, 201824:20Jason
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David24:04
Yeah, one of my friends introduced me to it.
Jason24:08
Are you smoking a cigar?
David24:09
Yeah. Yeah. Are you smoking a clove? Am I in a tuxedo? Yes, I'm in a tuxedo now. If people know this theory, I may not do it any justice and I may say it completely wrong.
Jason24:20
Yeah.
David24:20
But this is my first understanding of it, so please don't fucking scream at me if I got it wrong. So basically, this is what it is. I'm going to read you one of the quotes. Pay attention. Basically, Elon Musk thinks there's a 1 in a billionth chance that we'r…
Jason24:59
Okay.
David24:59
Okay. So now I'm gonna tell you what he says. The strongest argument for us being in a simulation is— for probably being in a simulation is the following. 40 years ago, we had Pong, which was two rectangles and a dot. This is what games were. Now, 40 years la…