The metaphor for reality evolves with tech. 1400s: “Reality is like a clock” 2000s: “Reality is like a simulation”
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What do you mean by "writing the computer simulation program"? Are they executing it, like the man in the Chinese room, or are they just writing down the program itself?
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If you simulate my wife and sleep with her (both willingly), and I find out, should I have a problem with the real life version of her? Accuse her if cheating? Divorce her?
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As always, relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/505/
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on paper? lol
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Neutrino Flux through your pinky causes me to vote yeah sure // nope . Each second there are about 100 billion ghostly solar neutrinos passing through the tip of your finger
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This question hurts my head.
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Well, this tweet made me realize that I am totally, fundamentally confused about what it would mean for us to be living inside a simulation, so thanks for that
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Would any yes|nos mind sharing their rationale? It seems to me like the computational medium is irrelevant.
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