Mormon Singularity: "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be."
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This is literally what Nick Bostrom believes. It won't shock me when some silicon valley tech elites start converting to Mormonism.
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Replying to @Logo_Daedalus
But why not simulate someone else's ancestors? Why would it have to be THE ancestors of the civ doing the sim? Bostrom's idiotic thought experiment argument has the same flaw as the basilisk. Maybe the basilisk punishes those it blames FOR creating it, not those who DIDN'T.
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Replying to @harrisonpartch @Logo_Daedalus
Bostrom’s formulation doesn’t preclude that possibility. And it would only increase the odds that we’re living in a computed world. Sample all the humanoid subjects. What are the odds that any given subject is living in a computed world, once we create many? Apply that to us.
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Replying to @LincolnCannon @Logo_Daedalus
Improper application of quantification. First you assume that it is possible, then you use that to prove that it is almost certain. Descartes' reason for dismissing the evil demon applies here. Accept the demon and all reason is impossible.
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Replying to @harrisonpartch @Logo_Daedalus
You’re making incorrect assumptions about my assumptions and conclusions (and Bostrom’s). But that no longer matters because, evidently, this is war? Okay. You win. Enjoy that.
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Replying to @LincolnCannon @Logo_Daedalus
Discourse IS war. Did you not get the memo?
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Replying to @harrisonpartch @Logo_Daedalus
You’re too concerned about fighting and not concerned enough about what’s worth fighting for.
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(you) and (not you)
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