Matt Mahoney wrote:
--- Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:50:59PM -0700, Matt Mahoney wrote:
Of course it could be that a singularity has already happened, and what
you
perceive as the universe is actually a simulation within the resulting
superintelligence.
--- Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matt Mahoney wrote:
*The entropy of the universe is of the order T^2 c^5/hG ~ 10^122 bits,
where T
is the age of the universe, c is the speed of light, h is Planck's
constant
and G is the gravitational constant. By coincidence (or not?),
Saying that X or Y could be evidence of a simulation
is silly. Why would X be more likely to be evidence of
a simulation than ~X? Seeing as how anyone who could
design anything so sophisticated could easily pick
either for most Xs, and since we know nothing about
their motivations, we're rather
Why would a simulating alien race want to create a
universe with fluctuating constants as opposed to
fixed constants? To drop us a subtle hint? Why a
subtle hint, and not an obvious hint or no hint at
all?
--- Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/28/07, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- John Ku [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree with Kurzweil on certain points. I think any intelligent life would
have evolved with very similar evolutionary pressures and thus share broad
similarities in their motivations (e.g. creativity,
