Really good exposition. The real problem of the Matrix is that all evidence in the Matrix is provided by the Matrix. The Inception top, spinning or not, is still part of the dream. The only thing we can know as true is the I AM, the awareness of experiencing.
In other words, the simulation hypothesis leads to an infinite regress (is the simulator itself also a simulation? And what about the simulator of that simulator, and so on?)—unless we posit the existence of an ultimate, self-causing divine entity.
Really good exposition. The real problem of the Matrix is that all evidence in the Matrix is provided by the Matrix. The Inception top, spinning or not, is still part of the dream. The only thing we can know as true is the I AM, the awareness of experiencing.
In other words, the simulation hypothesis leads to an infinite regress (is the simulator itself also a simulation? And what about the simulator of that simulator, and so on?)—unless we posit the existence of an ultimate, self-causing divine entity.
Exactly
We are indeed in G-d's simulation. However it was formed, here we are, working off our karma and striving for enlightenment.