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Simulation Hypothesis
- Dream Hypothesis
  - Butterfly Dream by Zhaugzi
    - It is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism
  - Indian Philosophy of Maya
    - Maya can refer to hidden principles, deception, or secret techniques - in other words, mystery.
    - Some philosophies consider Maya to be the hidden principles by which god makes the world
    - Advaida Vedanta school considers the world to be a manifestation of Maya, and thus illusory
- Relation to Solipism
  - Solipism
    - Only one's mind is sure to exist, all else is an illusion
  - Brain in a vat
    - It thinks it is walking (like MGR:R's VR trained brains)
- Modern Philosophy
  - Rene Descartes's "Evil Demon", in this 1641 book "Meditations on First Philosophy"
    - "A malevolent God or an evil demon of utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me".
    - "I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing I have those things".
  - Aztec philosophical texts that the world was a painting or book written by Teotl, the universe.
  - Nietzsche, in "Beyond Good and Evil"
    - He chastised philosophers for seeking to find the true world behind the deceptive world of appearances.
    - Why might not the world which concerns us -- be a fiction?

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