What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
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Re: What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
#2It's hard to square Lorentz invariance with any kind of discrete approximation in either time or space.
Re: What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
#3I think, just as no system is fully self descriptive (there is always an axiom), and there is no fully self contained perpetual motion machine
So it is reasonable to take the universe as not fully self descriptive or defining
For instance can the universe create it's own arbitrary laws of physics and run molecules on that basis? No it doesn't
And so essentially, a simulation, or God becomes required. And the one running the simulation would need an immense power essentially beyond the realms of our conception
It seems if we are to exist, then, for want of a better word, God is essential
Re: What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
#4It's hard to square Lorentz invariance with any kind of discrete approximation in either time or space.
Lorentz invariance is incredible however we square it
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#6Maybe but if there's no way for information to move in and out, what does it matter? It just ends up being one more turtle on the bottom of the stack.
Re: What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
#7I think, just as no system is fully self descriptive (there is always an axiom), and there is no fully self contained perpetual motion machine So it is reasonable to take the universe as not fully self descriptive or defining For instance can the universe create it's own arbitrary laws of physics and run molecules on that basis? No it doesn't And so essentially, a simulation, or God becomes required. And the one runn…
There’s no natural reason to think that the laws of the universe aren’t what they are simply due to a natural process. While no one has credibly made a testable hypothesis on what this process would be as of yet. However I don’t have reason to believe this would be impossible to test.
Re: What are the odds we are living in a computer simulation? (2016)
#8Maybe but if there's no way for information to move in and out, what does it matter? It just ends up being one more turtle on the bottom of the stack.
Unless it’s possible to attack the simulation from inside it and escape the sandbox.
OTOH, every time an escape is detected and contained, the simulation can be reset to its last valid state and its inhabitants will never suspect the universe was reset.
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#10There's just too much pain (both physical and emotional) and too many diseases in the world. I refuse to believe that a higher entity (name it God or aliens) would create or simulate all those cruel things.