The God that Glitched

In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom presented what he carefully termed the “simulation argument” (SA) — a probabilistic thought experiment that posits that, if there are advanced civilizations with Godlike computing power anywhere in base physical reality, then we are overwhelmingly likely to be living in a simulation ourselves. Bostrom reasons that, if posthuman civilizations ever develop the computing power to run detailed simulations of conscious beings then the total number of simulated beings will easily exceed those in base reality.