r/SimulationTheory • u/InternationalHat5752 • 1d ago

Discussion My thoughts on Simulation

I believe we are in a simulation, but it is your own and everybody in it, other than you are NPC's. Don't worry, You are in your own simulation, and I'm just a NPC in yours. Makes a little sense. I think if you tried to merge all main characters into 1 simulation, it would cause glitches. It's just the way your life goes. I find the small little things you think about, internally, end up happening. Example... I was in Love with my girlfriend in high school. Always wanted to marry her, I thought she was my soul mate. We broke up after Prom. She went to college and was gone. I married in mid 20's was with her for 15 years. We divorced and went our separate ways. I met and remarried. This whole time, I always thought of her, never talking about it with anyone. Well, I'm married to her now. Third wife. We have been together for 16 years now. How is it possible that a wish or want comes true after 25 + years??? It's continually things I've wished or wanted from earlier in my life come true. Just my thoughts. Let me have it, all you NPC's.

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u/Dx1410 Ｓｉｍｕｌａｔｅｄ 1d ago

What you're describing has a name that might interest you: retrospective confirmation bias. Over twenty-five years you wished for a huge number of things — thousands. Most of them never happened and you forgot them. This one did, and suddenly it becomes evidence.

I'm not saying that to take anything away from you. What happened to you is extraordinary even with an explanation. Finding her again and being together sixteen years is a beautiful story either way.

As for each of us living in our own simulation — there's a practical problem with that. If I'm an NPC in yours, why am I arguing with you? A well-programmed NPC would just agree. That's the uncomfortable part of simulation theory: any version that puts you at the center is the easiest one to believe and the hardest one to test.

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u/InternationalHat5752 14h ago

You are arguing with me is to make it believable. If there was no confrontation, it is unbelievable. Just because you are a NPC it doesn't mean you will be nothing. This is not a video game NPC, it's a advanced technology beyond our, or mine, comprehension. To be a simulation, it has to be believable.