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Both beliefs are fine, but please realize the hypocrisy (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by darcy to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

both have people believe humans are part of a greater design

both include some otherworldly figure either observing or mandating how we live our lives

both reject the idea that maybe we’re just fuckin’ here because we are just fuckin’ here

Love how some people are legitimately proving this meme in the comments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think there's a significant number of people who believe in a specific simulation scenario the way so many people believe in a specific religion.

Sure, some dumb tech bros believe “i think we live in like, a simulation, dude”, which would correspond to “there must be some higher power out there for sure”. Both beliefs are irrational, but more likely than “the Matrix is real, just like in the movies” or “this specific codex got it all right and we should live our lives after the thousands of unclear moral teachings that can be extrapolated from it by untrustworthy human preachers”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

both include some otherworldly figure either observing or mandating how we live our lives

There is a big difference between observing and mandating. Most interpretations of simulation theory don't even talk about humans being observed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Some religions don't either, and ST doesn't preclude it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Agreed