Simulation Hypothesis

Library · the simulation hypothesis, term by term

55 terms

Each term has a definition, then what it does in the model. Pick a term from the list, or start with these.

Simulation hypothesis Bostrom’s trilemma Lloyd’s bound The hard problem Substrate independence Infinite regress

Thinkers

14 thinkers, each with its matching sandbox dial.

Plato’s cave Zhuangzi’s butterfly Vasubandhu’s dream Shankara’s māyā al-Ghazali’s doubt Ibn Arabi’s imagination Calderón’s life is a dream Descartes’ demon Berkeley’s perceiver Borges’ circular ruins Nozick’s experience machine Putnam’s brain in a vat Bostrom’s trilemma Chalmers: virtual worlds are real

Reading

A hand-picked list with rough difficulty tags: further reading ▸