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Presence and the Meaning of Life: Exploring (Tele)Presence Simulation Scenarios and their Implications

This paper uses (tele)presence concepts to explore the practical and philosophical implications of the simulation argument: the notion that individuals may be trapped within manufactured realities. After describing a series of hypothetical simulation scenarios, key distinguishing dimensions of the scenarios are considered and implications for epistemology, religion and morality, mortality, and the design of telepresence environments are explored. Keywords--Telepresence; simulation; illusion; physical presence; intercept; avatar; android; infinite regression; monism; philosophy; epistemology; religion; morality; death