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simulation hypothesis
proper noun
The hypothesis that reality is in fact a simulation (such as a computer program) of which we, the simulants, are unaware.
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Schacter calls this the constructive episodic simulation hypothesis.
There is one way in which the simulation hypothesis might offer more than just a change in how we see this world.
David J. Chalmers, a philosopher at the Australian National University, says Dr. Bostrom's simulation hypothesis isn't a cause for skepticism, but simply a different metaphysical explanation of our world.
After a moment, he added, " 'Melancholy' is a better word than 'sad.' " Many people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with the simulation hypothesis, the argument that what we experience as reality is in fact fabricated in a computer; two tech billionaires have gone so far as to secretly engage scientists to work on breaking us out of the simulation.
As Clara Moskowitz, writing in Scientific American, no less, explains succinctly, "A popular argument for the simulation hypothesis came from University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrum in 2003, when he suggested that members of an advanced civilization with enormous computing power might decide to run simulations of their ancestors.
Also: A post at the New APPS blog explains the so-called simulation hypothesis, which says we are significantly likelier to be living in a virtual (Matrix) world than the ordinary physical world.
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Moreover, the study goes beyond GNSS geometrical visibility by dealing with operating thresholds and showing the sensitivity to key GNSS receiver thresholds and simulation hypotheses.
The simulation and hypothesis test results show that the developed method is simple and quite efficient.
Manual curation of metabolic models often continues over several iterations of simulation-based hypothesis generation, experimental validation, and model refinement to improve quality and predictive accuracy.
Based on fluorescent measurements of CT 4-induced leakage of dye from lipid vesicles and computer simulations, a hypothesis about binding sites of PS head group in CT has been suggested.
However, in the context of this simulation, these hypotheses are equivalent.
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