Marcelo Glaser Insists We are NOT living in a Simulation
Marcelo Glaser, Brazilian theoretical physicist, professor at Dartmouth College, popularizer of science, specialist in cosmology, nonlinear physics and astrobiology, argues that we definitely do not live in a simulation, which means that we are responsible for our world and must be responsible for our own actions.
“It is too convenient to blame the current disorder on forces beyond our control,” Marcelo Glaser criticized the simulation hypothesis. «In fact, the ordinary statement “not my fault” is very similar to the religious “this is the will of God.” Not our fault, not our responsibility, “they” do this to us.”
Glazer has pointed out what he sees as the key flaws in the original simulation theory formulated by the Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom. First, he argues, if we live in a simulation run by a superhuman race, nothing prevents them from becoming part of the simulation themselves, and such a train of thought can lead to an absurd chain of simulated realities. Second, wrote the Dartmouth scientist, it remains an open question why any posthuman or alien species would want to simulate humanity at its current level.
Glazer urges to pay attention to the very real socio-political tensions and not to waste time and effort on trying to squeeze oneself into the framework of a philosophical hypothesis (simulation hypothesis).
