/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9489765
Honestly the whole thing is retarded when you think about it, when you think about the true scale of the universe (let alone multiverses if multiverse theory is true too) any argument for the simulation hypothesis falls apart and the attempt to dismiss them with claims of hyper-advanced technology beyond our wildest imaginings is a poor attempt to salvage it from total ridicule, as far as we know theres an upper limit to technology and the simulation hypothesis is made with the assumption that limit is somehow surpassed, if you bring up the retarded scale and complexity of the technology involved then a believer would respond with the premise that it's technology that scales with the complexity and scale of the endeavour and so there are no problems, its a half-assed attempt at a rebuttal that covers up the inherent logical flaws with the hypothesis.

Back to the scale of things though- it would need to simulate not only waking life but dreams as well which means take the total amount of atoms in the universe (and possibly other universes/multiverses if they exist) and add onto that the total amount of atoms simulated during dreaming, or imagining because the person arguing for the hypothesis would claim those are simulations too, and thats not just for some 7 billion odd humans but several billion animals as well (dogs are known to dream for example) and then you end up with something truly retarded, that should convince anyone how infeasible it would be and how ridiculous it would be, any attempt again to dismiss this argument by claiming the technology is just that advanced is not sufficient enough in my mind to adress the concerns - at that point you join the ranks of the religious arguing for things and entities beyond the scope and scale of our understanding and abilities and using that to dismiss the logical and practical concerns of your claimed belief system.

It's even worse than psuedoscience.