Liz, That doesn't follow. Don't you understand basic logical forms?
Edgar On Monday, January 13, 2014 7:15:04 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 14 January 2014 13:10, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Terren, >> >> No, it's not that simple as I thought I had explained. You have to >> consider not just what is happening in the simulated being's 'mind' or >> simulation but the whole context of the simulation. I'll try again. Even if >> a simulated world is entirely convincing in the short term it still MUST >> exist in the actual reality, and if it is not in accordance with the actual >> logic of that actual reality it will quickly or eventually fail. The real >> being must exist somewhere else and be receiving nutrients etc. in a real >> actual reality with which it is in logical synch with. >> >> Thus you can't have just any old arbitrary fake simulation running or the >> simulated being will quickly die in the real actual reality in which it >> MUST have an actual existence. So there will always be a way to tell if the >> reality you live in is simulated or not. If you actually exist then at >> least the basics must be in accord with actual reality. >> >> Of course, as you suggest, there are many non-essential ways a simulation >> can be wrong and the subject still function, but no essential ones. No >> matter how simulated an internal reality is it still must exist in a real >> actual reality and this will always eventually give a false simulation away >> when it is tested against actual reality by the test of whether it is >> consistent with the continued existence and functioning of the subject. >> >> So if nobody ever dies, that proves we're living in the real world, > rather than a simulation. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
