On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote:
> John, > > The simplest and by far most likely answer is to assume that the world we > appear to live in IS the real actual world (though heavily filtered through > our own internal simulation as I've explained before). To assume otherwise > in the absence of any actual evidence is a waste of time. We can imagine we > live in some simulation by some super beings and that may or may not be a > possibility (I maintain there will always be a way to figure that out), but > there is no evidence at all that it's an actuality or even remotely likely. > > Until there is some actual evidence it's just sci fi and not the proper > subject of science... > Its looks like you still haven't gotten around to reading the simulation argument (despite my having posted it multiple times). If you assert X, and someone says, wait a moment doesn't Y imply not X, you can't just pretend Y isn't there and keep asserting X. Jason -- 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.
