I think that is literally, objectively evil. How can we fight back? I already use adblocks online, that is one way, I think.

It’s that…the reason we are so dissatisfied with our lives? We may not even pay attention to most adverts, but subconsciously, they affect us and make us fell unhappy?

Maybe the dream is like the loading screen while the brain is busy saving data, so it can’t save that too.

I have sometimes written down dreams, and then looking at what I wrote days later, it’s just crazy stuff that makes little sense.

Imagine we mix the two. If a single developer created the (computer) simulation we are living in, aren’t we a hallucination of his brain?

I wonder if it’s more or less likely that would be the work of a single developer, or a collaborative effort, like complex development projects require a large group for us. Would assuming a hyper-intelligent brain, or one with infinite time change the equation?

Now I imagine how having infinite power and resources in this universe would make a difference. Is this floating brain (let’s call him ‘god’, just as a placeholder) be more likely to create a physical structure (atoms and such) to run his simulation/hallucination/thought experiment, or just use abstract structures? And would it make a difference for the simulated/hallucinated people inside?

I have all 3 options on mobile as well