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Nick Bostrom
Philosopher who formulated the simulation argument and associated trilemma.
Appears in 3 stories · first seen October 10, 2026
Often alongside:Bostrom’s trilemmaRoman YampolskiyEdward WittenFermi paradox documentaryJill TarterChristopher MellonErik DavisAvi Loeb
A new Fermi paradox documentary asks whether advanced civilizations vanish into AI and simulation.
7 sourcesThe simulation hypothesis: advanced posthuman civilizations could be running vast conscious ancestor-simulations.
9 sourcesBostrom's trilemma points less to simulations themselves than to a missing hierarchy of higher-level civilizations above ours.
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