Rob's Zoom talk tomorrow (Fri 10/28 3p ET). See below. I would recommend Rob's talk regardless of topic. :-) _______________________________________________________________________ stephen.gue...@simtable.com <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> CEO, https://www.simtable.com <http://www.simtable.com/> 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: (505)995-0206 mobile: (505)577-5828
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Edgar Garcia <egar...@gmu.edu> Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 12:51 PM Subject: CDS/CSS/CSI Colloquium, Friday 10/28, 3 PM: We Are NOT Living in a Simulation To: <cds-seminar-colloquium-announ...@listserv.gmu.edu> *Title*: We Are NOT Living in a Simulation *Abstract*: Interest in the question of whether we are living in a simulation has grown in this Century. Philosophical arguments and physical measurements have been brought to bear on one side or the other. In this talk I will first summarize some of these perspectives and relate them to older debates about realism in representations. I will then survey what actually goes on inside a computer during a run of a simulation model, in order to suggest that the flow of information on today’s hardware (von Neumann architectures) is sufficiently complex (and peculiar) as to have little in common with reality as we know or experience it. I will briefly speculate about alternative architectures that could reduce this disconnect but will argue that such machines, were they to exist, make the question of whether we are living in a simulation even less interesting. In any case, guesses about the capabilities of future technologies, while interesting, are an insubstantial basis for claims about the nature of reality. *Speaker*: Rob Axtell is Professor in the Department of Computational and Data Sciences at George Mason. His research focuses on using high-performance computing to model economic processes at large-scale. He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: CDS/CSI/CSS Colloquium Time: Oct 28, 2022 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Weekly: https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/tJwsduivqT8jHdfo5jvUEpeMc86XQ0eOvb1n/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCgrzorHdORuR6ERow-BYj4d-3wtilEgqdbk0rvFRV2cgbbNboUCoMvFffG <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgmu.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2FtJwsduivqT8jHdfo5jvUEpeMc86XQ0eOvb1n%2Fics%3FicsToken%3D98tyKuCgrzorHdORuR6ERow-BYj4d-3wtilEgqdbk0rvFRV2cgbbNboUCoMvFffG&data=05%7C01%7Cegarci5%40gmu.edu%7C7d32481df103432f7fcf08dab84b6ae2%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638024931292644403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zt24FUCrTG89Gs1zY0oe0VmVR3us4kzq3anfIq8qPXo%3D&reserved=0> Join Zoom Meeting https://gmu.zoom.us/j/98111774973?pwd=cjNyVGRQelVyNERoNkVVeWdFQTd3QT09 <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgmu.zoom.us%2Fj%2F98111774973%3Fpwd%3DcjNyVGRQelVyNERoNkVVeWdFQTd3QT09&data=05%7C01%7Cegarci5%40gmu.edu%7C7d32481df103432f7fcf08dab84b6ae2%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638024931292644403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BPGIUJeApNBW6LfP1GO%2BCihkakElZdaBpGNtDDlM%2Buw%3D&reserved=0> Meeting ID: 981 1177 4973 Passcode: 772197 One tap mobile +13017158592,,98111774973# <+13017158592,98111774973>,,,,*772197# US (Washington DC) +12678310333,,98111774973# <+12678310333,98111774973>,,,,*772197# US (Philadelphia) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 <+13017158592> US (Washington DC) +1 267 831 0333 <+12678310333> US (Philadelphia) Meeting ID: 981 1177 4973 Passcode: 772197 Find your local number: https://gmu.zoom.us/u/aqb7leDRZ <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgmu.zoom.us%2Fu%2Faqb7leDRZ&data=05%7C01%7Cegarci5%40gmu.edu%7C7d32481df103432f7fcf08dab84b6ae2%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638024931292644403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jCv3IBtSPJmO%2B8p226kNlPzV6pzdGiWbeYI95NW6I%2B8%3D&reserved=0> Join by SIP 98111774...@zoomcrc.com Best, *Edgar E. García* (He/Him/His) Academic Advising Support & Media Specialist Department of Computational and Data Sciences College of Science George Mason University 227 Research Hall, MS 6A12 Fairfax, VA 22030 Signature Strengths: Empathy|Adaptability|Strategic|Includer|Positivity [image: Shape Description automatically generated with medium confidence] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise be protected by law. Any access, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized and prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient (or an agent acting on an intended recipient’s behalf), please contact the sender by reply email and immediately destroy all copies of the original message. Virus scanning is recommended on all email attachments.
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