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Re: How to hack the simulation?

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Post by at_compile_time »

kelnos wrote: post #78
at_compile_time wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>if it is possible for our society, someday, to simulate a universe with the fidelity that we ourselves observe in our universe That's the biggest if I've read all day.

Sure, that's fair. But my view is that humans are still primitive when it comes to technology. Consider that we are able to harness but a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of the energies in our sun. Our understanding of the universe is still quite limited, even as we learn more and expand our knowledge -- and find applications for that knowledge -- as time goes on. Assuming we as a species survive…

And I think that we're all living inside a giant cosmic blueberry pie. Modern humans are able to bake simple pies today, but there's no telling what will possible with the ovens of the future. Now, you may be thinking "that's absurd" or "so what if we're in a pie", but let me assure you that the implications are profound and dire. We need to convince the Baker that we exist inside the Pie and that It should not be eaten lest our universe come to an end.

This is a serious theory, and I will require grant funding to pursue the implications of living inside a multidimensional filling-time manifold, as well as possible means of escaping through the crust. Buy my book to learn more and for recipes to bake your own scale model of the Pie.

Re: How to hack the simulation?

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Post by MollyRealized »

at_compile_time wrote: post #91
kelnos wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, that's fair. But my view is that humans are still primitive when it comes to technology. Consider that we are able to harness but a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of the energies in our sun. Our understanding of the universe is still quite limited, even as we learn more and expand our knowledge -- and find applications for that knowledge -- as time goes on. Assuming we as a species survive…

And I think that we're all living inside a giant cosmic blueberry pie. Modern humans are able to bake simple pies today, but there's no telling what will possible with the ovens of the future. Now, you may be thinking "that's absurd" or "so what if we're in a pie", but let me assure you that the implications are profound and dire. We need to convince the Baker that we exist inside the Pie and that It should not be ea…

Now if it had been a Raspberry Pi, you could've united your theories.

Sorry, had to.

Re: How to hack the simulation?

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Post by kraf »

hprotagonist wrote: post #85
consumer451 wrote: post #39

I may be repeating myself here, but I stopped indulging in simulation theory once I realized one simple concept: Simulation theory is deism for techies. Thousands of years ago the Greeks looked to the sky and used their modern tech to explain the mechanics of the heavens. Clearly it was Helios, who drove the chariot of the Sun across the sky each day. Simulation theory is meerly us techies applying our latest technol…

It’s probably not deism, since it doesn’t require a non-involved agent, and deism does: you can posit both the simulation hypothesis and also that the universe is a game being played by some alien teenager with a sick sense of humor, or used as a car battery for an alcoholic mad scientist. This is then roughly Gnosticism and Manichean thought in a blender. (Instead of a blind watchmaker, nothing about being in a simu…

I never know what to think about that theory. What makes you certain it's false?
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