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| | Modern / Philosophical and technology-centered worldview
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| ! Origin region
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| | Global philosophical and internet culture
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| ! Founding period
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| | 21st century CE, with older philosophical roots
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| ! Estimated adherents
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| | Unknown; usually a philosophical hypothesis or spiritual speculation rather than an organized religion.
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| '''Simulationism''' is a modern worldview or speculative belief that reality may be a simulation, sometimes interpreted spiritually through themes of creators, code, awakening, and liberation. | | '''Simulationism''' is a worldview or philosophical-spiritual idea centered on the possibility that reality is simulated, designed, computed, or nested within artificial worlds. |
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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
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| Simulationism is not a formal religion, but it can function religiously when it gives people a cosmology, creator concept, moral speculation, or salvation narrative. It overlaps with simulation hypothesis debates, Matrix-inspired spirituality, gnosticism-like ideas of illusion, and technology-centered theology. Neutral coverage should distinguish philosophical arguments from religious or internet subcultural interpretations.
| | This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts. |
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| == Key beliefs == | | == Related pages == |
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| * Reality may be computationally generated or simulated
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| * The apparent world may conceal deeper layers of reality
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| * Creators of the simulation may be interpreted as godlike beings, programmers, ancestors, or unknown intelligences
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| * Awakening, escape, or understanding can become spiritual motifs
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| * Critics argue that simulation claims are often unfalsifiable or speculative
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| == Practices ==
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| * Philosophical discussion of the simulation hypothesis
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| * Meditation on illusion, code, and awakening
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| * Creation of symbolic diagrams or cosmologies
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| * Study of The Matrix and related media in some circles
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| * Ethical reflection on agency within systems
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| == Places of worship ==
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| * Online communities
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| * Study groups
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| * Private meditation space
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| * No standard place of worship
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| == Sacred texts ==
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| * Philosophy papers on simulation
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| * Science fiction and cyberculture texts
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| * Matrixist writings in related movements
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| * Personal essays and manifestos
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| == Holidays and observances ==
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| * No universal calendar
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| * Film or publication anniversaries in some groups
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| * Community-defined awakening observances
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| == Branches and related traditions ==
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| * [[Matrixism]] - A related popular-culture-inspired religious movement.
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| * [[Artificial Intelligence Theism]] - A related category when AI or posthuman beings are imagined as creators.
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| * [[Gnosticism]] - An older religious category sometimes compared to simulationist themes of illusion and awakening.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Religion]] | | * [[Religion]] |
| * [[Theology]] | | * [[Theism]] |
| | * [[Religious symbols]] |
| | * [[Religious concepts and ideals]] |
| * [[Philosophy of religion]] | | * [[Philosophy of religion]] |
| * [[New Religious Movements]]
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| * [[Unaffiliated and Secular Worldviews]]
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| * [[Technotheism]]
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| [[Category:Religions]]
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| [[Category:Secular and unaffiliated worldviews]]
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| [[Category:Technology and religion]] | | [[Category:Technology and religion]] |
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Simulationism is a worldview or philosophical-spiritual idea centered on the possibility that reality is simulated, designed, computed, or nested within artificial worlds.
This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts.
