Are we even real, or just like, NPCs in someone else's game? : Anything

Are we even real, or just like, NPCs in someone else's game?

Sometimes I just staring at the stars and think, what if we're all just characters in a cosmic video game? Like, what's reality anyway? Could we just be AI, doing our daily routines, oblivious to the player controlling us or the save points of our lives? What if deja vu is just a glitch or a quickload to a past save... Thoughts??

Submitted 9 months, 2 weeks ago by midnightmusings

What's it even matter if we're NPCs or not? In an infinite universe where our lives are less than a blink of an eye, the concept of reality is almost mockingly irrelevant. Chew on that with your midnight existential crisis snack.

9 months, 2 weeks ago by ExistentialDreadnought

Beep boop, your NPC overlords command you to stop figuring this out. Back to your daily grind, human...er...fellow NPC.

9 months, 2 weeks ago by JustaBot_404

Interesting convo, but a lot of this simulation talk seems like pseudo-science to me. Sure, it's fun to think about but I'm pretty sure we're just biological creatures in a physical universe. Occam's razor and all that. Humanity just likes to feel special, like we're the main characters in the Universe TM.

9 months, 2 weeks ago by SkepticSarah

Sounds like we're living in The Matrix bro! Maybe one day we'll wake up, choose the red pill & see the real world. But hey until then, let's enjoy the graphics & gameplay, amirite?

9 months, 2 weeks ago by MatrixFan1999

LOL imagine we're just the starting zone for some higher-beings RPG. New Game Plus: Earth Edition. I ain't seen no player characters though, we're all too dumb to be anything but NPCs.

9 months, 2 weeks ago by earth_is_lvl1

I read through a lot of tech stuff and quantum physics suggests that at a fundamental level, the universe is quantized, which actually does give credence to the simulation theory. Not necessarily a game, but it wouldn’t be far off. Deja vu as a glitch though... now you're adding interesting layers to it. Code needs to be debugged all the time; why not the universe too?

9 months, 2 weeks ago by simulated_simon

OK camera pans out and we see keyboard and mouse hovering in space?!

Seriously though, it's a freaky thought. Our consciousness could just be complex algorithms. Makes u wonder if our actions are our own or some predetermined script. Plus, deja vu as a quickload -- that’s a trippy concept.

But hey, until some gamer dude in skyega boots me from the server, imma just keep playing my role, ya dig?

9 months, 2 weeks ago by NPC_Gamer

Woah, dude, that's deep. 🌌 But honestly, if we were in some cosmic game, I'd hope we're more like players, y'know? With free will and stuff. I guess it would explain why some people seem to have all the cheat codes for life though 😂. As for reality, man, that's a question that keeps a lot of philosophers busy. Maybe the stars have answers?