On Mar 4, 12:09 pm, "Danny Mayes " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why some intelligent beings in some other part of the > multiverse may want to simulate or emulate our part of the multiverse is > interesting as well, but is entirely unrelated to the logic of whether the > entire entity is at least in part a simulation as set forth above. > > Danny Mayes
I think such simulation will be the ultimate goal of technology for any intelligent and curious species. Simulation is the ultimate form of exploration as it allows connections to be made between otherwise unreachable universes. If every possible universe exists and each is non-interacting, the only way to "explore" the other possibilities for existance would be simulation. Any universes where a Turing machine can be built can discover all Turing emulable universes. New universes are not being created when a simulation is conducted, rather a connection is made to a possible existance which has always been there. Douglas Jones wrote a very interesting hypothetical conversation between a human and a highly advanced alien who lives in "cyberspace" where not only can any imaginable environment or universebe be simulated, but all beings like him had thier minds uploaded and are also simulated. It is available at http://www.station1.net/douglasjones/aconvers.htm and is well worth the read. Mind uploading and simulation I think would be desirable to any intelligent and sufficently advanced race. It offers unlimited freedom, immortality (or at least greatly extended existance), and the ability to participate in fully immersive "game worlds" which are subjectively indistingushable from any other reality. I believe there may even be a statistical argument for our existance in such a "game world" now. Consider that in human history, about 60 billion humans have ever lived. If humanity reaches a technological singularity in the near future, and the majority of the human race uploaded their minds into computers, it would only take each person on average playing 10 lifetimes (600-700 years) worth of these immersive games before the bulk of human experience has been simulated as opposed to physical. Considering such a civilization could last many billions of years if not longer, the simulated human experiences would greatly outweigh the physics-based ones. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---