In reply to  Blaze Spinnaker's message of Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:43:56 -0800:
Hi,

Once you have opened the box and found the cat to be alive, the chances of it
being alive increase dramatically. ;)

[snip]
>http://discovermagazine.com/home/issues/2013/dec/09%20do%20we%20live%20in%20the%20matrix#.UpV2cGSOg9w
>
>I was thinking that the quantum law that waveforms are not collapsed until
>observed is a useful law which would come in handy for simulation in terms
>of load balancing (no need to calculate the waveform until it's actually
>observed).
>
>
>On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  *Thirteenth Floor … *déjà vu all over again.
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>> There is no defensible answer to “what is reality”… but if we add
>> “Inception” to this 2005 list, which includes "Vanilla Sky," the "Matrix"
>> films, "Minority Report," "Dark City"  and "The Cube" … we are left with a
>> glimpse of something which defies logic.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02551.html
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>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03702.html
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>> …try to get Christopher Nolan to direct it, if you have the screenplay
>> ready…
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>> *From:* [email protected]
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>> If we go by Bostrom’s argument, probability dictates that the next
>> universe will be a dress rehearsal too (bugs included), ala 13th floor.
>>
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>> The interesting thing about Bostrom’s is that it also applies to the idea
>> that we (as a species) came from another planet.
>>
>>
>>
Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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