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So, You’ve Discovered You’re a Sim: A Reasonably Calm Person’s Guide to Our Probably Fake Universe
Have you ever lost your keys and then found them in the one place you've already checked three times? Have you ever looked at the world and felt a quiet, persistent hum of wrongness? This isn't just paranoia; it's an ancient philosophical anxiety wearing a brand-new, high-tech jacket. You are invited to explore the most mind-bending question of our What if our entire universe is a computer simulation?
This book is your field guide to a reality that might not be real at all. You will journey through centuries of thought, from Plato's Allegory of the Cave to the Matrix, uncovering how our fear of a fake world has evolved with our technology. You'll encounter the Bostrom Trilemma, a statistical argument that presents three unnerving possibilities about our inevitable extinction, a future of universal apathy, or the strong statistical likelihood that we are, in fact, simulated.With a blend of serious subject matter and a much-needed sense of humor, the author examines the "glitches" in our cosmic code, from the bizarre behavior of quantum mechanics to the pixelated fabric of spacetime. Discover why the very laws of physics might just be resource-saving shortcuts for a lazy programmer. But a word of while the book is a playful exploration, it also confronts the ethical nightmare of creating conscious beings that can suffer and the terrifying thought that proving we're a simulation might lead our creators to pull the plug.
This is not a manifesto for the tinfoil-hat brigade; it's a profound and entertaining guide for anyone who has ever suspected that reality has had it coming. It will leave you with a newfound appreciation for your own consciousness—even if it's just a sophisticated operating system—and a fresh perspective on the meaning you create in a world that may, or may not, be running on code.
This book is your field guide to a reality that might not be real at all. You will journey through centuries of thought, from Plato's Allegory of the Cave to the Matrix, uncovering how our fear of a fake world has evolved with our technology. You'll encounter the Bostrom Trilemma, a statistical argument that presents three unnerving possibilities about our inevitable extinction, a future of universal apathy, or the strong statistical likelihood that we are, in fact, simulated.With a blend of serious subject matter and a much-needed sense of humor, the author examines the "glitches" in our cosmic code, from the bizarre behavior of quantum mechanics to the pixelated fabric of spacetime. Discover why the very laws of physics might just be resource-saving shortcuts for a lazy programmer. But a word of while the book is a playful exploration, it also confronts the ethical nightmare of creating conscious beings that can suffer and the terrifying thought that proving we're a simulation might lead our creators to pull the plug.
This is not a manifesto for the tinfoil-hat brigade; it's a profound and entertaining guide for anyone who has ever suspected that reality has had it coming. It will leave you with a newfound appreciation for your own consciousness—even if it's just a sophisticated operating system—and a fresh perspective on the meaning you create in a world that may, or may not, be running on code.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 18, 2025
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