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It's quite mind boggling to realize that the theory of life being like a game of Sims can't be entirely ruled out. If you think about it, you do all sorts of things, but where do all of your thoughts come from? You think about your self, but what are you? When you have to go to the bathroom, you go; but where did that thought come from, you did things as a baby, but how were those thoughts formulated? amirite?
Cogito ergo sum
Simlish?
Oops.. I didn't recognize it.
Are you serious? It's Latin, although Simlish philosophy would be great
Well, you have to go pee because pain receptors are in your bladder and it hurts if you hold it in. It hurts because having too much urine in your body can tear the bladder tissue. You make decisions based on information and external stimuli. It's biology. I understand where the thought is coming from but it's not probable.
I get that part, it's instinct; just like birds fly. But it's the thoughts that I'm talking about, that was just an example. Like this post for example, where was the thought formulated.
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Not that I like coffee more than tea (I like them equally), but tea is just more sophisticated drink; it's for philosophical conversations.
Elon musk doubts that this is base reality. I don't doubt him.
Well, the probability for any theory to be true is always greater than 0. That is just how statistics work.