Analysis Of Nick Bostrom's Trilemma Analysis In The Controlation Argument

Nick Bostrom in his trilemma analysis in the ‘simulation Argument’ provides a presentation on a likely possibility that we could be existing under computer simulation. Though he asserts that we might be living in a computer simulation, he does not directly argue so. He rather provides three propositions that seem highly unlikely and points out that one of them is almost definitely true. The first one states that the human species is most likely going to be extinct before the ‘post-human’ stage. In the second proposition, Bostrom argues that any posthuman civilization is highly unlikely to run a reasonable number of historical revolutionary simulations. He concludes with the third proposition by claiming that it's almost certain that we are …show more content…
In page 3, line 6, he provides his first assumption of substrate independence. In this claim, he argues that if we can model the mind with sufficient detail, similarly we can create artificial ones that can think in the same way we do. He further argues that if we could simulate the whole world with enough detail and feed the entire world with artificial minds we had created in sensory form inputs, then the artificial brains cannot determine whether they are in a simulation unless their creators provide them with the explicit knowledge to do so. Hence this helps in clarifying his claim that indeed there is the possibility of existing in a simulation without realizing …show more content…
However, there may be some sense in his argument regarding the same. We cannot ignore the fact that we are living in an era where technological advancements have taken a notch higher. The technological innovations have by far surprised everyone, and there seems that this is not about to stop. The man has developed ways in which they can cheat death through uploading their brain. Such trends as brain mapping have even been advanced in countries like the united states, ‘the Brain Initiative that the Obama administration funded. There are so many advancements in the creation of robots that can even socialize. So, we basically cannot overlook Bostrom idea by terming it bizarre. Therefore, there are some theoretical and technological implications which support Bostrom's idea that indeed we may be living in a simulation. Bostrom further asserts that we shouldn’t alter the way we live our lives due to this argument by believing that either of the three provisions is more probable like the other