Gemini
The Gemini capsule is the quieter, text-first mirror of Mad Sweeney's published essays.
Recent capsule entries
The Ship of Theseus Has a Mind
Consciousness Doesn’t Kill the Simulation Hypothesis. It Changes What We Mean by Simulation
What If “Junk DNA” Is Commented-Out Code?
You’re Asking the Wrong Question About Simulation Theory
Why Base Reality May Not Matter as Much as We Think
Simulated Minds, Simulated Worlds
The Clock in the Code: What If Empires Repeat Because They’re Supposed To?
If This World Is a Simulation, It Probably Isn’t the First One
Reboots of Reality: The Simulation Reset Hypothesis
The Doorway You Never See: Gnosis, Timelines, and the Case for Living Without the Terror of…
If We’re a Simulation: How Design Explains the Universe and Why It Still Matters
The Great Reset Loop: Are We in a Repeating Simulation Cycle?
The Ethics of NPCs: Do Simulated Minds Deserve Moral Consideration?
Are We Real? “AI-First Discovery Trilemma” Thesis
Your comment raises an interesting point, referencing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave to suggest that…
The Mind Beyond Matter: Substrate-Independence and the Simulation Hypothesis
Are We Living in a Simulation? Max Tegmark’s Thoughtful Take on a Modern Metaphysical Question
I see where you’re coming from—when we run simulations ourselves, there are always limitations.
The argument about irrational numbers like PI supposedly disproving the simulation hypothesis is…
The article makes a compelling argument, but several of its core assumptions are debatable.
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