Re: The Simulation Argument

2001-12-03 Thread Marchal
Nick Bostrom wrote: [...] Hal Finney: Perhaps you are considering posthumans who simulate variations on possible histories? In that case only those simulations which happen to match the past exactly would give rise to this question, which is arguably a small fraction of simulations assuming

Re: Abstract/Concrete (was Re: Infinity)

2001-12-03 Thread Marchal
Brett Hall wrote: Because I do not believe that what you think of 'abstract' objects actually exist. Here we get into what it means to 'exist'. Everything we have 'access' to comes to us through our sense organs or our imaginations. This is how we know something exists. What are the