Yeah, I've thought that for a long time. It's exactly the same thing as cars in old GTAs. I doubt we'll ever have definitive proof, unless a 'Mission Complete' textbox pops up across the universe.Bobic said:
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So, we're at the ass end of Oktoberfest, and this study was done by Germans. I think I'll wait and see what they say once they sober up for a bit 
1. REALLY off topic don't ya think?bladester1 said:
2. Yes, the PS3 version is infinitely better for many reasons. My favourite is your ability to turn it Japanese and not have to understand the godawful story. Good game though.
Are you saying that if I were to be debating in favor of Christianity, I could use the prospect of Jesus being Neo to explain miracles? I am going to have so much fun in the R&P forums now.Palademon said:
I honestly find this highly unlikely. There is another idea in physics that states that the only thing in the universe that can contain all the information about the universe is the universe itself, so the notion of some kind of supercomputer that simulates our whole universe seems kind of absurd in the face of that, at least if that computer is supposed to sit in a universe that's some kind of facsimile of ours, since it would have to be an enormous machine, as in, bigger than anything that could ever be built using every bit of matter in our universe.
Why would scientists bother recreating me typing in my room, alone, between wanks? Wouldn't they just simulate the important aspects of the world, or are we talking about a simulation to test how the world could have gone differently?
so,
ignoring the energy space logic and mathematical problems of running a computer that simulates a universe particle by particle and proceduraly generates all interaction instantaneously and concurrently..
and that this computer is capable of spontaneously generating, destroying and rearranging matter to simulate the universe it inhabits
there's a flaw with this idea, and it's pretty simple:
this is not how you describe a computer, this is how you describe the observable universe
everything is physically linked so it is a system, a system of substance
but it is certainly not a computer simulation because by definition a computer program has no observable substance beyond the logic it is made of
personally i think it's just a bizarre twist of logic that humans fall into that because the observable universe is built on blocks that it must be part of something bigger or else, because we build things from blocks too maby that's just how things are
besides, if some alien or super-sized human has nothing better to do than simulate me farting while i sleep in a mega reality engine then frankly he has more energy and free time than sense
ignoring the energy space logic and mathematical problems of running a computer that simulates a universe particle by particle and proceduraly generates all interaction instantaneously and concurrently..
and that this computer is capable of spontaneously generating, destroying and rearranging matter to simulate the universe it inhabits
there's a flaw with this idea, and it's pretty simple:
this is not how you describe a computer, this is how you describe the observable universe
everything is physically linked so it is a system, a system of substance
but it is certainly not a computer simulation because by definition a computer program has no observable substance beyond the logic it is made of
personally i think it's just a bizarre twist of logic that humans fall into that because the observable universe is built on blocks that it must be part of something bigger or else, because we build things from blocks too maby that's just how things are
besides, if some alien or super-sized human has nothing better to do than simulate me farting while i sleep in a mega reality engine then frankly he has more energy and free time than sense
Well, I was planning on relaxing and goofing off on the Internet, but I guess I'll just curl up into a ball of paranoia now.
Bam. This.Skeleon said:
Godol's incompleteness theorem by corollary negates the idea of simulationception.
you are quite literally playing all the wrong games then.Innegativeion said:
every single person i know would fucking love it to live in the world of pokemon/star wars/mass effect.
seriously, how could you NOT want to live in some of those worlds?
Well, that's...um...how do I put this...
Thank you, Rich Little doing a Howard Kosell impression, that's exactly what I was thinking!
Thank you, Rich Little doing a Howard Kosell impression, that's exactly what I was thinking!