Periodicals>Journal Article:  Bostrom, Nick (May 16, 2003), The Simulation Argument: Why the Probability that You Are Living in a Matrix is Quite High, Times Higher Education Supplement, Retrieved on 2015-04-01
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  • Folksonomies: virtual reality simulation

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    01 APR 2015

     We are Living in an Ancestor Simulation

    Now we get to the core of the simulation argument. This does not purport to demonstrate that you are in a simulation. Instead, it shows that we should accept as true at least one of the following three propositions: (1) The chances that a species at our current level of development can avoid going extinct before becoming technologically mature is negligibly small (2) Almost no technologically mature civilisations are interested in running computer simulations of minds like ours (3) You are...
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    See also Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? by the same author.

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