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The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:23 am
by Philosophy Now
Brent Silby asks, is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?
http://philosophynow.org/issues/75/The_ ... d_Universe
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:53 am
by chaz wyman
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
Open your eyes, looking into the skies and seeeeeeeeeee.......
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:59 pm
by Arising_uk
The musical pedant in me says;
"... , look up to the skies and ..."
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:08 pm
by Arising_uk
This is my favourite pet metaphysic at present, as I remember thinking when I read Fredkin, "Now that does make sense of a lot of things."
At first glance of the preview I'm bothered straight away by this, "...we inhabit is an elaborate emulation of the real universe. Everything, including the people, animals, plants and bacteria are part of the simulation.", as an emulation is different from a simulation and assuming its an emulation of a 'real universe' is a big assumption. It could just be a simulation of a universe that 'they', 'it', think is unfeasible and they're just testing.
Douglas Adams Gods final message to his creation; "“We apologise for the inconvenience.”.
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:39 pm
by chaz wyman
Arising_uk wrote:The musical pedant in me says;
"... , look up to the skies and ..."
you are correct
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:28 pm
by Arising_uk
It did always puzzle me how many skies he could see?
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:25 am
by attofishpi
At least i gave a logical reason as to why we would exist in a simulated universe...eventually.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7657
Aliens? Wanting to create some gigantic Earth experiment my ass!
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:27 am
by chaz wyman
attofishpi wrote:At least i gave a logical reason as to why we would exist in a simulated universe...eventually.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7657
Aliens? Wanting to create some gigantic Earth experiment my ass!
Yes we all know it was the dolphins who commissioned Slartybartfast to do the job.
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:28 am
by chaz wyman
attofishpi wrote:At least i gave a logical reason as to why we would exist in a simulated universe...eventually.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7657
Aliens? Wanting to create some gigantic Earth experiment my ass!
PS
You are confusing logic with imagination.
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:32 am
by attofishpi
Me or Silby?
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:56 pm
by chaz wyman
attofishpi wrote:Me or Silby?
You.
You have not presented a logical reason.
Re: The Simulated Universe
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:12 am
by attofishpi
chaz wyman wrote:attofishpi wrote:Me or Silby?
You.
You have not presented a logical reason.
Well in future, try making a contrary argument within the thread.