--- title: "Library · the simulation hypothesis, term by term · Simulation Hypothesis" url: https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library description: "The terms the simulation hypothesis depends on, each with a definition and what it does in the model." license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ credit: "Ross Allan Dahl, Simulation Hypothesis (simulation-hypothesis.com)" --- # 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](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/simulation-hypothesis)[Bostrom’s trilemma](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/bostrom-trilemma)[Lloyd’s bound](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/lloyd-bound)[The hard problem](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/hard-problem)[Substrate independence](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/substrate-independence)[Infinite regress](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/library/infinite-regress) ## Thinkers 14 thinkers, each with its matching sandbox dial. [Plato’s cave](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/plato)[Zhuangzi’s butterfly](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/zhuangzi)[Vasubandhu’s dream](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/vasubandhu)[Shankara’s māyā](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/shankara)[al-Ghazali’s doubt](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/ghazali)[Ibn Arabi’s imagination](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/ibn-arabi)[Calderón’s life is a dream](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/calderon)[Descartes’ demon](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/descartes)[Berkeley’s perceiver](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/berkeley)[Borges’ circular ruins](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/borges)[Nozick’s experience machine](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/nozick)[Putnam’s brain in a vat](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/putnam)[Bostrom’s trilemma](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/bostrom)[Chalmers: virtual worlds are real](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/thinkers/chalmers) ## Reading A hand-picked list with rough difficulty tags: [further reading ▸](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/reading)