Simulatreality

What is the world?

Everything in our universe is either matter or energy, following either deterministic (classical) or random (quantum) laws of physics in the flow of time.There are rules followed by matter and energy at the smallest scale. The rules are simple and universal.Large quantity of small elements following simple rules can build up hierarchies of complex systems with properties not observed in the subsystems or elements.

What is the human being?

We are complex surviving machines and mind is part of the algorithm. There are 4 types of algorithms we developed throughout the evolution of life, listed below in sequence of appearance time in life.

What is consciousness?

Self-consciousness appears when we developed the ability to simulate and analyze oneself from the perspective of another individual. It is creating a simulation object in one’s brain which is a simplified replica of himself. It is like running a simulation on a computer to simulate the operational condition of the same computer.

How to define “me”?

In a wide and objective definition, I am consisting of everything I am able to control. I am a complex system with many levels of subsystems. I am appearance of structure out of chaotic movement of fundamental particles following deterministic and/or random laws. I am a surviving machine produced by evolution with simple and complex algorithms driving my behavior.

Do I have free will?

“Free will” means we can choose our action between different options. In order for the “will” to be “free”, there has to be a soul, a spirit or some “core” of myself to make choices. Because there is no such thing inside myself and I am fundamentally just a complex machine following physical laws, “free will” does not exist.My self-consciousness and “will” are merely patterns born out of chaos.