God is omnipotent. He possesses the ultimate intelligence. He has power over all of reality, shaping it into whatever form he chooses. But what form would he choose?
I'm going to argue that the form he would choose would be to create as much life as possible, while at the same time supplying that life with a rich experience. The best way to do this would be to use all of the available resources of reality in as efficient a way as possible. Creating simulated realities would be the optimal choice to accomplish this.
If this is true, then he would not leave any resources unused. But what does this mean for us?
1. There are numerous worlds within our solar system which are lifeless. But if God is omnipotent, why would he allow all of this matter and energy of which these worlds are composed of to go unused? They don't have life in it. They are useless, floating around doing nothing useful for life at all. But if God exists, then he would actually have used all matter and energy in as efficient a way as possible. Thus, if God exists, then these worlds, and all other matter and energy which appears unused, must be part of a simulation, because otherwise the resources of which these worlds are composed would be unused, and God would not allow this to happen.
2. Life is created in as efficient a way as possible. Legs, arms, and eyes are unnecessary. God would instead only create minds that have consciousness, in as efficient a way as possible. He would create these minds capable of sensing, and an efficient mechanism by which sensory input would be provided and that could be interpreted by these minds in such a way as to create a virtual reality, the simulation.
By using as few resources as possible to create life, and as few resources as possible to supply it with a virtual reality, and using all of the available matter and energy in reality to create as much life as possible, he would accomplish his goal of creating as much life as possible with a potentially endless number of virtual realities that could be created for all beings, for their eternal enjoyment and benefit.
Therefore, if God does exist, then that means that all living things are currently in a simulation, including the simulation of our current reality.
This has further implications for us.
We would be unable to tell what is real and unreal, unless it is made known to us. As far as we could tell, anyone we know could be a simulated person, unless multiple beings are 'plugged into' the same simulation.
:thud:
I'm going to argue that the form he would choose would be to create as much life as possible, while at the same time supplying that life with a rich experience. The best way to do this would be to use all of the available resources of reality in as efficient a way as possible. Creating simulated realities would be the optimal choice to accomplish this.
If this is true, then he would not leave any resources unused. But what does this mean for us?
1. There are numerous worlds within our solar system which are lifeless. But if God is omnipotent, why would he allow all of this matter and energy of which these worlds are composed of to go unused? They don't have life in it. They are useless, floating around doing nothing useful for life at all. But if God exists, then he would actually have used all matter and energy in as efficient a way as possible. Thus, if God exists, then these worlds, and all other matter and energy which appears unused, must be part of a simulation, because otherwise the resources of which these worlds are composed would be unused, and God would not allow this to happen.
2. Life is created in as efficient a way as possible. Legs, arms, and eyes are unnecessary. God would instead only create minds that have consciousness, in as efficient a way as possible. He would create these minds capable of sensing, and an efficient mechanism by which sensory input would be provided and that could be interpreted by these minds in such a way as to create a virtual reality, the simulation.
By using as few resources as possible to create life, and as few resources as possible to supply it with a virtual reality, and using all of the available matter and energy in reality to create as much life as possible, he would accomplish his goal of creating as much life as possible with a potentially endless number of virtual realities that could be created for all beings, for their eternal enjoyment and benefit.
Therefore, if God does exist, then that means that all living things are currently in a simulation, including the simulation of our current reality.
This has further implications for us.
We would be unable to tell what is real and unreal, unless it is made known to us. As far as we could tell, anyone we know could be a simulated person, unless multiple beings are 'plugged into' the same simulation.
:thud:
