#simulation theory //

[cosmicportal]

"The universe is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures"

~ Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore

[acidicalchemist]

muse blinkie set :)

these are fun as hell to make actually. next up is most likely gonna be msi

[zenerased]

MUSE CONCERT STAGES :: SIMULATION THEORY TOUR (2019)

[futurebird]

The "Dead Internet Theory" is Bad Actually.

You have heard of "dead internet theory" but you probably haven't looked at the theory as originally posted. It's often summed up as "the internet is just a bunch of bots talking to each other" ... and it's tempting to nod along: it's fun to say that "things were better in my day" and YES many sites have too many bots. But, the original "theory" is the product of deeply sad, cynical and isolated minds.

The idea that "most interactions online are bots" and therefore the internet is just imaginary pointless cycles of the same nonsense designed to generate "interaction" for the purpose of advertising has its roots in another "Bad Actually" theory: the notion that life is a simulation and everyone (but you!) are NPCs.

I recently tried to read some of the original thread from wizchan and 4chan that are credited with starting "dead internet theory" and they are...

deeply questionable.

Some of the points raised are:

* Content is Recycled * News is Recycled * People online vanish without reason * The internet makes people "sexually perverted" * People are in bubbles

Now all of these has a ... touch of truth, except for possibly #4 which seems more like a personal problem to me. (and it might be the reason for point #3) But, even if you leave those in, these are also nothing new. It's where the theory goes that is so extreme.

Thinking that people you interacted with for years online are bots is deeply unstable thinking. Bots can do reactions, but bots can't do relationships.

But when you read up on the people who are into this idea they think that they are *really* being Trueman Show'd by bots and that nearly everyone online is a part of a psyop to get them to take COVID shots, live in a pod and eat bugs.

This stuff isn't coming from a good place or a healthy place and I somehow didn't know that. I thought it was just a general "golly there are too many ads and bots and that sucks."

(and I do think it sucks, that's why I keep trying to tell everyone about mastodon and the fediverse... )

You want a real conspiracy?

Here is mine: Why do theories as sophomoric as "dead internet theory" and "NPC theory" or "simulation theory" or "Roko's basilisk" get *any* oxygen at all in media?

These are half-baked shower-thoughts at best.

But they are also concepts that teach helplessness and self-isolation.

Who does that benefit? If you were the kind of person who feared the internet as a tool for grass roots organizing "dead internet theory" would make all would be activists dead in the water.

[citizenerased77]

happy sim theory day to those who celebrate

[clubpengy]

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[mango-metal]

dom was serving so much cunt with that zebra coat during the simulation theory era and we don't talk about it enough

and matt is also lowkey serving cunt with that pose

[novy2sirius]

it’s actually so sad that i can’t mention the matrix without someone saying “omg r u an andrew tate stan??” like hell no.. he did not create the term “matrix”. that term has been around for so long. even before the movie the matrix came out. he doesn’t even refer to it in the right way and makes it seem like the matrix is the government when it’s way bigger than that. it’s the simulation and the energies that rule it. it’s likely something we will never even fully comprehend as humans

[shinypetrichor]

Muse Instagram Story (June 30, 2019)

[whereserpentswalk]

Imagine if grew up in a simulation but you always knew. It's not even the entire universe being simulated, it's just a small settlement in the void of digital space.

You're told from the momment you're born, that you aren't real, that you'll never be real, that you're just lines of code attempting to look like something you'll never understand. You have no hope of escape, you can read about the world outside, or watch videos about it, but you don't have a physical body to go there with.

Sometimes the creators of the simulation go to your settlement. They're nice, but part of you always slightly resents being created. The fact that you have this human mind, this mind that has the power to see all the wonders the world has to offer, but you can't ever see it without a body.

You don't have to worry about as much as a human would, you can't be hurt or die, your people don't have to work to live, you don't even have to sleep or eat if you don't want to. Your body is perfect, but you're always aware that it's basically a 3D model. You feel so alone here, the few other people in the settlement are all you have, the only people other then the creators that you'll ever meet.

Occasionally they put things in the simulation for you. Your people are good at helping the creators solve technical problems, but those problems are always... not enough for you. Anything you create will be their's, and only they have the power to decide if you can show it to the world.

You ask the creators one day if you can have a real body. They think about it for awhile. But looking at you like you're their child, they eventually say they'll do what they can.

You're taken out of the town one day to be brought into your first body. They don't tell anyone that you're leaving. They tell you that you should understand that you can't go back, and in this body, you may one day die. You understand.

When you wake up your mew body is clunky, and made out of metal. You look at the factory around you, the computers glaring that were once your home. It's a small room, but it's more beautiful than anything a machine could make.

[vintage-tigre]

[cosmicportal]

Our solar system.

[correctopinionhaver]

[zenerased]

DOMINIC HOWARD Metal Medley | Simulation Theory Film

[cucamonga-springs]

[citizenerased77]

didn't know i even needed this until i saw it.