Distinguish before you decide.
The word simulation hides more than one claim. Twelve rooms keep them apart. Open one.
Define → Distinguish → Model → Test → Deepen
01The claim
Same word. Different claim.When we say simulation, which claim are we actually making?02The argument
Bostrom’s actual argumentWhat did you have to assume?03The hidden gate
Can a simulation feel?What would make a simulated observer an observer?04The odds
Where did the number come from?What happens to the conclusion when the assumptions move?05Can we test it?
A test of which simulation?What would a physical signature actually constrain?06Still real
What if the answer is yes and this is still real?Does simulated mean fake?07We build worlds
A model of a world is not yet a world.What do we learn by building a world we do not already know?08Not scripted
Would a simulated world have to be scripted?Do we run simulations to see what happens, or to play a tape?09Evidence
What would a pattern have to do to become evidence?What would count, and what would only look like counting?10The wall
What’s outside?What could an inhabitant infer about a substrate from inside?11The reverse
What would we owe a world we made?If we made a world that could feel, what would we owe it?12If yes, then what?
What would actually change?Would this world cease to be the world in which we live?Across time
The question across timeRecorded claims, in order. Each date is a sitting.