simulation hypothesis

>>9966614
>philosophy and the epistemology behind it
There is none.

>>9966642
I think there is
The fact that the simulation hypothesis is not disprovable sets some hard limits for the knowledge about existence and perception, just the same way hard solipsism is not disprovable.

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>>9966614
So there are two directions to look in. There is the technologist version of simulation. This is what Elon Musk and other silicon valley types are generally talking about, something akin to the Matrix or even Plato's Cave.

The other angle (and I think the more nuanced and interesting take) is pomo version, put forward by people like Baudrillard, Debord, McLuhan. In this version, it isn't a digital apparatus that prevents access to the Real, but rather the symbolic world of knowledge that is slowly but surely covering over the real with the Simulacra.

Both versions overlap, but I think Elon Musk is missing the bigger picture. I'd recommend Society of the Spectacle, Simulation and Simulacra, The Perfect Crime and Impossible Exchange as good texts to read.