Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
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Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
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Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#2So, in summary either (1) no, we don't; (2) no, we don't; or (3) yes, we do.
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#3Author of this book as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dange...
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#4Maybe I am.
Don't unplug the computer!
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#5Well I don't believe we are in a computer simulation per say but I think there are certain properties that certainly make it seem like we are.
For example, I believe that conciousness can transcend to anything. We could just be some collective consciousness. When we are born we have no memory of our previous life. When we die we have no memory of our current one. So this suggest to me that it is entirely possible that we are continually living in different bodies, different animals, different entities that collectively make up reality.
For instance, I learned that even animals take drugs to get high when they are stressed. That they feel affection and love just like humans. This tells me that our conciousness is overrated. It also suggests to me that it could entirely be possible that we live in some giant cess pool of conciousness, some network of consciousness that is constantly reproducing and dying like cells.
so if our concousness lives through different bodies over time, then it is entirely possible that the current reality we live is also a transient state of being.
it scares me how I came to know this and I'm not even on drugs or have done drugs in a long time.
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#6We could be living in a multi-verse world. That's partly what the LHC experiments are trying to discern. If there are infinitely many universes then I think it would make it less likely we're in a simulation even if we are able to create our own simulation.
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#7Maybe I am. Don't unplug the computer!
Yes, but reboot the computer - updates are available.
:)
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#8Well I don't believe we are in a computer simulation per say but I think there are certain properties that certainly make it seem like we are. For example, I believe that conciousness can transcend to anything. We could just be some collective consciousness. When we are born we have no memory of our previous life. When we die we have no memory of our current one. So this suggest to me that it is entirely possible tha…
I really like this comment. There is a deepness in our lives that everyone can feel, a love that transcends everything. Such a thing can't be simulated.
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#9No: http://www.tjradcliffe.com/?p=1220
Or if we are, the universe simulating us has completely different physics from the one we live in, which have to be fully specified before the "argument" becomes remotely plausible.
Re: Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? (2003)
#10We could be living in a multi-verse world. That's partly what the LHC experiments are trying to discern. If there are infinitely many universes then I think it would make it less likely we're in a simulation even if we are able to create our own simulation.
> If there are infinitely many universes then I think it would make it less likely we're in a simulation
I'm not sure how this logically follows...why would this make it less likely?