2009/1/10 Brent Meeker <[email protected]>: >> Consider a simulation of an observer watching a falling stone, running >> on a digital computer. Does the observer have any way of knowing >> whether the simulation is being run serially, in parallel, on how many >> and what kinds of physical machines, at what speed, or in what order? >> >> > > Is the observer conscious of a passage to time?
Yes,but of course it won't be real or external time of which he will be conscious. In a block universe, there isn't necessarily any real or external time. Whether you call the internal time of the simulation or block universe "real" is a matter of taste. -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
