Re: [Vo]:Sims

2012-10-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
terry sez: > The Red Pill: > > http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/ > > Do we really want to know? Probably doesn't matter all that much... unless the universe is preparaing to install a new OS within the next millennium or so. In which c

Re: [Vo]:Sims

2012-10-12 Thread Terry Blanton
The Red Pill: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/ Do we really want to know?

Re: [Vo]:Sims

2012-09-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Good read Terry, IMO, these are exactly the kind of observations a contemporary more technically acceptable religion will incorporate into the core of it's philosophy. Strange as this might sound, a lot of these observations appear to be compatible with Buddhist and Zen related philosophies - i.e.

Re: [Vo]:Sims

2012-09-14 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: > so why isn't the experiment and quantum mechanics just another part of > simulation? Too much positive feedback. T

Re: [Vo]:Sims

2012-09-14 Thread Harry Veeder
so why isn't the experiment and quantum mechanics just another part of simulation? harry On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > Interesting article: > > http://www.vice.com/read/whoa-dude-are-we-inside-a-computer-right-now-329-v19n9 > > excerpt: > > "The other interesting t

[Vo]:Sims

2012-09-14 Thread Terry Blanton
Interesting article: http://www.vice.com/read/whoa-dude-are-we-inside-a-computer-right-now-329-v19n9 excerpt: "The other interesting thing is that the natural world behaves exactly the same way as the environment of Grand Theft Auto IV. In the game, you can explore Liberty City seamlessly in