# Are You Living in a Computer Simulation **Domain:** Philosophy / Simulation **Doc Type:** Paper Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Nick Bostrom]], [[Simulated World]], [[Physicalism]] --- ## Definition “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?” is Nick Bostrom's 2003 paper arguing that at least one of three propositions concerning posthuman simulations must be true. ## Corpus Context The paper formalizes a probability argument rather than an empirical detection of simulation. It anchors the [[Simulation Hypothesis]] section of [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## See Also [[Nick Bostrom]], [[Simulated World]], [[Physicalism]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] - https://simulation-argument.com/simulation.html