@neiltyson the real question is, does it really matter?
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@dvirsky@neiltyson Of course it matters! Understanding the universe better helps us broaden our horizons and advance as a conscious being -
@MColeman753@neiltyson sure, but I mean - does it make the universe less "real" if it's a simulation? -
@dvirsky@neiltyson The beauty of it is, is that depending on your definition of "real", it is up to each person, philosophically that is.
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@neiltyson@jftelford501 Re living inside a computer, there's an experiment being proposed; seehttp://phys.org/news/2012-10-real-physicists-method-universe-simulation.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson well, if we can recreated a universe on a computer here, the odds of us being in a computer are high.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson aren't the implications of the new proposals mind-boggling? What a time to be alive, virtual or not!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 pretty sure it's more like tron than the matrix if that's how it's going downThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 Can someone propose experiments that let us to dismiss the possibility of being in certain types of simulations?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 Could such a civilization simulate themselves if they had to simulate their computer simulation + everything else?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Love you, Neil. You're a contemporaneous genius..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 If the simulation is all we know, then it is equal to reality. nothing exists relative to reality to compare it to.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Jftelford501 Because we can not think of a definite reason. Simulation would know a reason why you should not think it is one.@neiltysonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 Or we could try to simulate quantum chromodynamics? http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 And what if you take both pills? I'm sorry, i'm Dutch, we and pills......Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 and i just watched the matrix for the first time in ten years two days ago, damn you morpheus!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@Jftelford501 AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN COP SOME?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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