“Do you ever think that maybe we are living in a fantasy world?”
- “Yeah, all the time.”
“That it’s likely that we are living in a simulation because at some point humans will create computers so powerful that they can simulate life down to the most minute detail, and maybe that has already happened. So, it is quite likely that we are either a simulation, or a simulation within a simulation, or a simulation within a simulation within a simulation, or a ….”
- “I’m going to stop you right there.”
“Oh, I thought you thought you said you thought we were living in a fantasy world all the time?”
- “Fantasy world, not simulation. We are all collectively living in a very real world, but it is a fantasy that we can live in a world that grows forever without destroying ourselves. We need to snap out of it.”
“Oh, I get it. Yeah, I guess that isn’t realistic… I like my fantasy world better.”
- “Me too.”