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Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?
Nick Bostrom · 2003 · Philosophical Quarterly, 53(211), 243–255
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Summary
Bostrom's original simulation-argument paper, presenting the trilemma between simulator extinction, lack of interest, and our living in a simulation.
Why it matters here
The canonical primary source for the simulation hypothesis as a philosophical argument.