Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take

Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take

Even if you don’t know Nick Bostrom’s name, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea he’s most famous for. Back in 2003, when he was at Oxford, Bostrom penned an influential philosophical paper with the incredible title of “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?” Loosely speaking, his argument was that sufficiently advanced civilizations will eventually build sophisticated simulations of their own ancestors — and that, given enough time …