nytimes.com — Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University, it never occurred to me that our universe might be somebody else’s hobby. But if you accept his pretty reasonable assumption, the math and the logic are inexorable once you assume that lots of simulations are being run.
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nephilonicAug 15, 2007
The point was that they wanted to keep the human race alive, that they were above their human creators and valued their survival.
Closed AccountAug 16, 2007
If you are not certain then you took the blue pill
Closed AccountAug 16, 2007
Reasonable point. Amended: The thinking of new thoughts that have not already be written down SOMEwhere is so rare that the idea gains worldwide fame if you do it.
frozoAug 17, 2007
Tell the guy who's claiming his "Matrix" theories as his own, not us.
obkenobiAug 17, 2007
It's not the Matrix, it's 1984.
bluefalcon7Aug 18, 2007
I wonder what program he used to create the universe. I want to play around with it.
willtweakAug 18, 2007
I read about this in a physics book. Its actually a testable hypothesis. Any computer simulation would have errors, and we could theoretically spot them (even if they are likely to be small). Some physicists think its likely we are being simulated, but you have to make a lot of assumptions to come to that point--hence it smells like bs.
razishabanSep 21, 2007
the only problem with that line of logic is that in counterstrike, people come back to life within a minute. If they didn't, im sure the stats for counter would greatly resemble the iraq stats. If american soldiers in iraq respawned at base once the 2minute round finished, we'd be looking at a whole lot more than a couple thousand deaths.
gunnerrunnerMay 13, 2008
kogda to u nas bylo vrem'a dokasivat' vagnie veshi :)<a class="user" href="http://reviewget.com/">http://reviewget.com/</a>
ilhamtechJun 9, 2008
illusion or reality?<a class="user" href="http://niobium-jewelry-wire.blogspot.com">http://niobium-jewelry-wire.blogspot.com</a>
enamresuJun 25, 2008
Read Grant Morrison's 'The Invisibles.'