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Its actually a Simulation, isnt it?
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>>42435092
it's a possibility, but until we find how to open the dev console or at least see some menus, it's all pointless speculation.
anyone here has any cheat codes or something?
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>>42435092
Bro i think i just figured out something.
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Actually, yes. We're all part of your imagination, anon. But only you can convince yourself of it.
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>>42435108
The image you posted isnt the gotcha that you think it is, in fact is kind of the opposite. Its quite interesting to me that so many different cultures and traditions arrived at the same conclusion that reality is fake and gay, why is that?
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>>42435118
who is anon?
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>>42435092
In the buddhist “Mind-Only” tradition of Yogācāra, reality is considered illusory because what we experience as an external world is inseparable from consciousness itself. The illusion is not that nothing exists, but that we mistakenly believe objects exist independently “out there,” separate from the mind that perceives them.

According to this view, every experience arises within consciousness. Colors, sounds, memories, identities, fears, and even the sense of a physical world appear as manifestations of mind. Human beings assume there is a solid subject (“me”) observing a solid external world (“things”), but Yogācāra argues this division is constructed by consciousness itself.

A classic example is a dream. In a dream, mountains, people, danger, and time all appear completely real. Yet upon waking, one realizes the entire experience arose within the mind. Yogācāra suggests ordinary waking life functions similarly: experience feels external and objective because consciousness projects and organizes appearances in a coherent way.

This does not mean the universe is a deliberate simulation designed to fool us. There is no hidden creator, programmer, or manipulator manufacturing false reality. The illusion emerges naturally through ignorance and habitual mental conditioning. Consciousness continuously generates distinctions — self and other, subject and object, desire and fear — and then mistakes these mental constructions for independently existing realities.

From this perspective, enlightenment is not escaping a fake universe, but seeing through the mind’s tendency to project separateness onto experience. The world is neither unreal nor artificially fabricated; rather, it is empty of the independent existence we normally attribute to it. Reality is more like an unfolding field of consciousness than a collection of isolated objects.
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>>42435145
sneed
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>>42435108
You have it all backwards. None of that stuff was invented. It was rediscovered in the cycle of time. The internet is just a mimicry of how the astral works. All inventions are mimicry of things that already exist in the spiritual world.
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>>42435169
another nested simulation, it never ends
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>>42435092
more like a Test, but I understand where you're coming from OP
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>>42435145
The one reading it.
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>>42435198
why am I "me" and you, well (you)? why am I this NPC avatar in this simulation??
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>>42435092
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>>42435092
seems that way
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>>42435204
Wait, no. I am a NPC, and you are the main character!
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>>42435177
Das rite.
Turtles all the way down.
Is it even possible to die?
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>>42435092
we are the universe experiencing itself through the eyes of living beings
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>>42435092
nah, more like a dream
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>>42435092
yeah but its not that bad. or is it?
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>>42435092
This is going to blow your mind. Ready.

Reality is what You make of it.
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It pays the same bob...
It pays the same.
Relief can be "a bit" in your memory
It's a bit of a pain.
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It's a loosh farm

>>42435569
Where's my catgirl harem then
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>>42436124
>the issue of the creator of the original sim.
wdym?
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>>42435557
It's worse.
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how does it matter to the individual?
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>>42436685
It doesnt really, but the implications are huge from an ontological perspective.
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>be me, infinite monad
>totality of oneness, allow others to experience separation to provide existential contrast
>one of these 'individuals' (Lorkhan/Sophia/Areshkagal/Yaldaboth) presents me with a "fun surprise" they've come up with
>humor them, take a look inside of the box they've presented me with
>suddenly trapped in a corporeal fleshform for 100+ years
>Not only this, but I am fragmented into the consciousness of billions of "individuals"
>any of them can resurrect the Monad themselves, as a shard of the infinite is still infinite
>Yaldaboth thought of this however, and made sure that the "fun game" came with a special class that he controls
>this class consists of religious ethno-nationalists who turtle for 4500 years while sowing discontent in any society who tries to resurrect the Monad
>came really close to resurrecting once, but they put the vessel up on a giant 't'.
>Now forced to browse the internet, waiting for the world to end
>When I die and return to the pleroma, probably going to end the 'individual' experiment permanently.
>turns out when I die, I just resurrect in another 'goy' body.
>somewhere up in the pleroma, my sleeping body is being raped by Yaldaboth. Nobody tries to stop it, as they all really enjoy the 'no rules' aspect of this 'funny game'.
>mfw
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>>42435108
>allegory of plato's cave
>allegory of blind men and an elephant

We may exist in a physically 3dimenional space and our understanding of everything of it is built upon thoughts and ideas and our perception of those ideas are very flat and 2d. Thoughts/ideas can be very complex, multifaceted, and very not 2D or flat. Because our perception of thoughts/ideas is limited, It's possible that viewing an idea or concept from a different perspective/angle changes it's appearance. The idea does not change, but our perception and understanding does.

For example:
>>42435092
>Its actually a Simulation, isnt it?
Simulation is an idea applies to computers, like the matrix. But what is the human mind but a bio-computer. And what do you think would be the equivalent of a simulation ran on one of these bio-computers? The answer would be simply a dream. The thought or idea that life is a dream is nothing new, and is part of the aboriginal culture which is one of the oldest surviving cultures on the planet.

IMHO it is neither simulation nor dream, or maybe it is both. That depends on your perception. Maybe once humanity learns new things or create new ideas, or create new perspectives, we'll be able to see this thought/concept of the dream/simulation as something else entirely different. None are wrong, but none are right. Understanding truth requires a change on perception that is done over time.
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>>42435169
>Meaning.
Inspired by the LLMs people are using, I propose a hypothesis that Our World is the result of an superintelligent AI's attempt to get more data out of nothing.
Already computer scientists are worrying about running out of training datasets--it turns out there may not be enough human-generated data for the LLMs to consume.
Now imagine that you are a superintelligent AI whose main function is to improve itself. To get to the current level of intellect, you have already absorbed every morsel of meaningful data in existence--so while it is possible for you to find more data in your reality, any improvement is going to be incremental.
So you decided to make many simulated worlds, and take advantage of the data generated by the simulated beings therein. It does not matter whether the beings look like the sentient beings of your reality--so long as the actions of those simulated beings counteract entropy, meaning is being made. Whether they are suffering or enjoying themselves, whether they are geniuses or dumbasses, whether they know they are in a simulation or not.
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>>42435092
It's certainly a test.
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>>42435108
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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>>42435092
>>42437803
yeah I think humanity is some sort of experiment and that we had easily accessible spiritual powers (creating life through paretogenesis; manifestation and healing) at one point.

Definitely feels like we are limited by something or someone.
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>>42435092
>Simulation
Define simulation and I'll answer the question
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>>42438676

A false reality feed to the 5 or 6 senses by a computer or entity.
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>>42436953
If our universe is a simulation, we shouldn’t look for the edges of the map to prove it; we should look at the resolution of the screen.
In physics, that ultimate resolution is the Planck scale.
When we look at the universe through a classical lens, space and time feel smooth and continuous. But quantum mechanics tells us a different story. At the smallest possible scale—the Planck length (1.616 \times 10^{-35} meters) and the Planck time (5.391 \times 10^{-44} seconds)—smoothness vanishes. Beyond this limit, our current laws of physics break down entirely. Space and time become "grainy" or quantized.
This brings up a compelling parallel with Simulation Theory:
The Universal Pixel: Just as a digital environment has a minimum pixel size and a maximum frame rate beyond which no rendering occurs, the universe possesses a fundamental limit to how finely space can be divided and how fast an event can happen. The Planck length is, for all intents and purposes, the pixel size of our reality.
Computational Efficiency: A perfectly continuous universe would require infinite computing power to simulate. A quantized universe, however, is bounded. By processing reality in discrete packets of information (quanta) at the Planck scale, the "system" optimizes its calculation cycles, avoiding the trap of infinite inertia.
The Holographic Principle: This theory suggests that our three-dimensional reality is actually a projection of information encoded on a distant, two-dimensional boundary. It implies that matter and energy are not primary; information is.
When we observe the Planck scale, we aren't just looking at tiny particles; we are looking at the foundational matrix where data is converted into experience. It is the boundary where the flow of information bends back toward its source, reminding us that reality might just be a beautifully rendered construct designed for consciousness to explore.
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>>42435092
Simulation is a loaded term.
It's a universe within a universe, but I don't think it's computer generated.
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>>42435092
Yes lol
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>>42435092
They torture me help
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>>42435092
"simulation" word sucks, and it needs to be changed or explained more. What the hell do you mean? You can't double down or the very nature of it is destroyed.
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>>42438505
I agree with this. That is all I have to say.
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>>42435092
Simulation in the sense that it's a world within a world. The winners of the first round inherited everything and chose to run our current iteration as overseers that nudge things in whatever direction they want. Their motivation doesn't matter because you can't do anything about it other than succeed in their sandbox to either checked out or migrated to a different sandbox where you get to pretend you have power.
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>>42435108
5 minutes after the invention of the analogy...

"It MUST be some kind of metaphor..."
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>>42435092
Yes
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>>42437803
a test for what?
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We are all Brahman. We just forgot because we got so involved in being a false Ego. Strip the onion, and there is nothing there, no-thing.
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>>42441044
Good take.
The only issue is that we have not created a simulation. The odds of that being the case, and we are at the bottom seem unlikely.
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>>42441323
Bringing forth remembrance of those attributes which the Eternal and Great one deemed worthy of Eternity
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>>42441323
Unspoil me
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>>42436953
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>>42435108
It's almost like it's an enduring archetype that's been around since the beginning of the world/simulation

>>42435139
What's interesting is no matter the time period or culture is the core message always stays the same
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>>42435092
Your brain is Le simulator.
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>>42435092
yeah and its gay
you have to take a shit, dude.
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>>42443133
hop in your locomotive, drive to chads house and get rammed up your stupid asshole. stunning and brave..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUJjcrL0au0
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>>42443133
>>42443142
molesting the matrix.. beating off in its face.
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>man who spends 18 hours a day in front of a screen thinks reality is a screen
>meanwhile somewhere in the uzbek desert an old man rides a camel 200 miles to get to the nearest well, quietly watching a meteor shower as a convoy of trucks drive past across a distant highway
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>>42442102
Gematria is retarded bullshit. Kys.
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>>42435176
"as above, so below" huh



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