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. >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02551.html >> >> >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03702.html >> >> >> >> try to get Christopher Nolan to direct it, if you have the screenplay >> ready >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] >> >> >> >> If we go by Bostroms argument, probability dictates that the next >> universe will be a dress rehearsal too (bugs included), ala 13th floor. >> >> >> >> The interesting thing about Bostroms is that it also applies to the idea >> that we (as a species) came from another planet. >> >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

