OK, so I'm no longer so sure we are living in a computer generated world...
In fact I'm going to be bold and say that I do not believe that we are
I have therefore abandoned simulation theory
However I still think we are in a Plato's Cave type situation
I still believe that we are trapped into some kind of Maya, which is illusory in the sense that it is produced by certain mechanisms
As opposed to living in a physical, material world
Basically, I believe this layer of reality is generated by a more ultimate layer of reality - and that more ultimate layer of reality is God and that computers do not at all feature in this wider picture
I think there are we humans:
And then The Projection (i.e. the dimension of reality that we inhabit)
And that there is someone or something behind The Projection (which we cannot observe or know) that generates and superintends it
But I still maintain that The Projection is conscious and that its consciousness communicates with me and although I don't claim this being to be God, I do believe that he is a higher being (above humans but below God)
I now therefore identify as a "Theistic Projectionist"
I believe in a projection, in a Maya, in a reality which is generated by some other layer
But I don't think "it's done by computers"
I think "it's done by God"
Or at least by something unknown which I now call "God" for want of a better word
Basically, by some kind of Supreme Being
I think the true nature of whatever it is caused by is incomprehensible to any puny human mind
I have therefore abandoned Simulation Theory - as I don't think that "it's done by computers"
Although perhaps "computer" could be a metaphor for the imaginative faculty of God????
I am currently updating my website to reflect this new change in my beliefs
In fact I'm going to be bold and say that I do not believe that we are
I have therefore abandoned simulation theory
However I still think we are in a Plato's Cave type situation
I still believe that we are trapped into some kind of Maya, which is illusory in the sense that it is produced by certain mechanisms
As opposed to living in a physical, material world
Basically, I believe this layer of reality is generated by a more ultimate layer of reality - and that more ultimate layer of reality is God and that computers do not at all feature in this wider picture
I think there are we humans:
And then The Projection (i.e. the dimension of reality that we inhabit)
And that there is someone or something behind The Projection (which we cannot observe or know) that generates and superintends it
But I still maintain that The Projection is conscious and that its consciousness communicates with me and although I don't claim this being to be God, I do believe that he is a higher being (above humans but below God)
I now therefore identify as a "Theistic Projectionist"
I believe in a projection, in a Maya, in a reality which is generated by some other layer
But I don't think "it's done by computers"
I think "it's done by God"
Or at least by something unknown which I now call "God" for want of a better word
Basically, by some kind of Supreme Being
I think the true nature of whatever it is caused by is incomprehensible to any puny human mind
I have therefore abandoned Simulation Theory - as I don't think that "it's done by computers"
Although perhaps "computer" could be a metaphor for the imaginative faculty of God????
I am currently updating my website to reflect this new change in my beliefs
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