"the simulation argument"

[Lionel B]

Hello,

j'ai découvert récemment cet article :

(c'est en anglais)

http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

"This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof); (3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation. It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation. A number of other consequences of this result are also discussed."

Je pense que ca pourrait en intéresser certains ! Assez stimulant à lire, et bien évidemment très discutable.

Je n'ai pas encore lu d'autres textes de Bostrom (son home page semble très riche)... je dois juste mettre la main sur une imprimante.

a+

[Eric]

Il me semble avoir vu ça qqpart il n'y a pas longtemps.

[DuncanI]

Ah, Bostrom : c'est un transhumain.