[SFM] Chess Game (Saxxy Awards 2017 Extended Test Reel #2)

07/01/2018 Update: Right. 100k. Wow. This was even faster than Spawndoor Sabotage.

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As I was saying, is free will real, or are our lives predetermined by a god/simulation/fate?

Well, obviously, it isn’t. Right? I am a conscious human being. I can choose whether to pick up that pen next to me or not. I can decide to read the rest of this shit or not.

Well, not so fast. Technically, “we” don’t make those decisions. Our brains do.

I decided to start “A Dummie”. Not my heart, not my stomach, but the brain of a (then) 15 year old who has a name most of you can’t pronounce properly. I decided to create a video called “Chess Game”. Not my foot, not my eyes, but the brain of a 16 year old who wants recognition from others. I decide to take in someone under political persecution. Not my liver, not my ears, but the brain of a bored 16 year old.jk

So, our brains do the work, and our bodies do the heavy lifting. So what?

Our brains can be measured, and documented, obviously. It’s a biological entity, and as a result it interacts with the physical world. When we think, our brains just do some chemical shit that I don’t understand.

Look, I take Physics, M2 (basically Advanced Maths), and History at secondary school. If someone here studies biochemistry or anything relevant, please explain it to me. (Actually, Dummie is in Siberia, so instead of talking to him you’ll be talking to me.)

With that in mind, it’s safe to say that with proper tech, we can know what a brain is telling its body to do. Press the Red button. Watch Dummie’s other Saxxy Entry. Blink in front of 173.

In fact, we can do that now. I watched a documentary a while ago, and in the show the host was asked to press a red button.
However, every time he did so, a computer was able to predict his movements several milliseconds before his actions.
This shows that we have to power to predict simple actions. Keep in mind, I watched that show in 2012.

So, it’s safe to say that with enough tech, we can predict actions and see thoughts.

Let’s not get 1984 here and get back on track. The thoughts and actions of a human being, which are supposed to be items that prove our free will, can be predicted. With that in mind, it should be easy to say that we could do the other thing and create a machine that can “think”. Not as in “What is 689*2047”, or “I’m having a short circuit OH GOD PLS HELP”. But as in “looks out the window with a bottle of Jack Daniels” thinking. Credit to Sir Ken Robinson for that metaphor.

It can think. It can think like a human. Certainly, technology will get there. So, does it have a conscious?

I don’t know.

If it has a consciousness, it should easily mean that yes, we are living in one. If a computer code can have ‘free will’ as we do, then by definition, any sufficiently advanced game of The Sims would involve Jack Daniels characters.

Think about it. The original Sims sold 16 million copies. That means that there are 16 million simulated universes. And that’s only the Sims. At this rate, the next Sims might be a crime against humanity. Not that EA seems to care.

But that hypothetical situation has been discussed many, many times. How about the other one?

If consciousness is limited to biology, then no. EA will be committing crimes against humanity for other reasons. We will truly be real in that case.

But, the argument isn’t over if we factor in "god".

Some of us are atheists and don't believe in "god", but some do. To avoid a shitstorm, I won't go into detail.

So, does ‘god’ over here actually control us, leaving us dangling in
the hands of fate? Or do we have actual free will?

So far, many religions seem to claim that Mr. God does give us free will. But then again, that writing could also be written by someone who thinks that they have free will, but is in fact, controlled.

In short, I have no idea.

Some may see this as a way to show that we should all be pessimistic and be passive/reactive. I disagree entirely.

To simply put it, I don’t care if my life is a simulation. I don’t care if I’m a bunch of 1s and 0s. I will continue to live it as if nothing was different. I will study on and make animations for the audience, aka you.

So I guess the real answer is: Who gives a shit?

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