Jim Naseum Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 https://youtu.be/wwk-Mlm5l24 If you love physics..... Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The theory of a simulated Universe has gain popularity over the years. Even Will Wright (creator of the SIMS) subscribes to the possibility. Same with Nick Bostrom & Brian Greene: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 When first exposed to this a couple years ago I found it hard to consider. This revelation that at the core of the equations of the universe lies regular computer code suddenly makes it all seen sensible to me. I watched this and several related Bostrom videos this afternoon, and was very stimulated. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) What a bunch of BS. I am a figment of someones imagination. Pure BS Edited October 13, 2015 by babadono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 What a bunch of BS. You weren't stimulated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Refutile is sistance. Your *** will be simulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hmm, it appears that a-s-s magically turns into *-*-*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I'm getting stimulated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/the-simulation-argument.html "So here's the kicker. If you accept that the human race will survive long enough to invent this [ simulation] technology, and that we won't be afraid to use it, then Bostrom's third statement must be true. We are indeed living inside a computer simulation ourselves. But why? Bostrom did the math. A single computer simulation of our evolutionary history would create trillions of organisms (think: every living thing on planet Earth, ever). These immense simulations would lead to the evolution of posthumans, who create their own computer simulations. Simulations within simulations. In this vast pyramid, there would be a single true reality, home to the original humans who lived (for real), died (for real) and created computer simulations (for real). Every virtual world spawned by that reality would be merely offspring simulations - each with their own offspring simulations, potentially adding up to trillions of simulated universes. The chances of you existing in that original universe are infinitesimal. Indeed, you'd be crazy to think you live in the "real world". You are most likely to be the construct of a very realistic, very powerful computer game." Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Do these grown men actually get paid money to come up with this nonsense? Like I said before pure BS, of course IMHO. Hack off your arm and as you bleed to death tell me how simulated you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Maybe you misunderstand? What we sense is data that gets processed in our brains. Just the way a computer displays an image of a car based on data it receives. Everything about "hacking off your arm" is sensory data sent to the brain. So, if consciousness can be simulated in a computer, there would be no test to determine how that differs from an organic brain. Thus far, no scientist has devised a test or experiment to discredit the simulation hypothesis. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Hack off your arm and as you bleed to death tell me how simulated you are. THAT was funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Maybe you misunderstand? What we sense is data that gets processed in our brains. Just the way a computer displays an image of a car based on data it receives. Everything about "hacking off your arm" is sensory data sent to the brain. So, if consciousness can be simulated in a computer, there would be no test to determine how that differs from an organic brain. Thus far, no scientist has devised a test or experiment to discredit the simulation hypothesis. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk WRT to evidence of absence. You can't prove a negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Maybe you misunderstand? What we sense is data that gets processed in our brains. Just the way a computer displays an image of a car based on data it receives. Everything about "hacking off your arm" is sensory data sent to the brain. So, if consciousness can be simulated in a computer, there would be no test to determine how that differs from an organic brain. Thus far, no scientist has devised a test or experiment to discredit the simulation hypothesis. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk WRT to evidence of absence. You can't prove a negative. No one is trying to "prove a negative" - these are scientists working at the edge of physics. The question is can there be a test to differentiate a simulation from some form of actual reality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Travis In Austin Posted October 15, 2015 Moderators Share Posted October 15, 2015 Larry: [to Jennings, while high] Okay. That means that our whole solar system could be, like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. [Jennings nods] This is too much! That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be-- Jennings: Could be one little tiny universe. Larry: Could I buy some pot from you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Quote “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” - Albert Einstein That's the crux of cutting edge science. It's working without a net. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Here's professor Gates with a short presentation about how computer code was discovered in equations of the universe. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I need a firmware update. Who do I call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Here's professor Gates with a short presentation about how computer code was discovered in equations of the universe. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk 01001001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110100 00100000 00110001 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 00110000 00100111 01110011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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