It is also possible the universe is just a dream, or a shared hallucination.
Maybe all our memories are manufactured and we have not been on this earth and list for x number of years, we may only have implanted memories and started 'fresh' this morning. Many far out and improbable things can be argued as possible, this sim argument is no different. I am not going to take any of these ideas seriously since none of them agree with the incredible detail and broadness of the world. It only distracts from understanding the world we are in. Now we could ask if consciousness comes from dis dimension, at least we perceive consciousness to exist. As far as existential questions go that one makes sense. John On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Eric Walker > > Of course, the gamers are risking "exposure" now that A.I. > is becoming > closer to reality. A.I. may have developed a life (reality) > of its own which > clears up everything, and possibly within a few decades. > > I think whether the universe is a simulation is > epistemologically inaccessible, unless things were to start to get really > weird. > > The weirdness could easily be that there is both a “real” universe and many > ongoing simulations, and especially simulations within simulations. Even if > you find the “tell” at one level, you may only advance to the next Sim ! > > Whether the individual (us, for instance) can ever figure out multiple > layering depends on many factors but could easily be impossible, as you say > - since any the Sim can have a automatic mechanism for the untimely > “demise” > of a player who is digging too deep. Think Philip K. Dick. > > OTOH a few Sims, and maybe our own, could be structured as some kind of > test > the aim of which is to see how long it takes the subjects of the experiment > (i.e. “the meat”) to figure out that they are locked into a Sim. > > The “untimely demise” mechanism of a Sim is one reason why a large group > effort would be preferable :-) > > At least the “tell” would then be the improbability of the disaster – such > as that most of the Vortex News Group did not survive Thanksgiving due… due > to… err… tainted turkey? > > Remember: the red pill is in the cranberries! > > Actually the Matrix films are an example of early house-of-mirrors layering > since any movie is already a Sim on one level. > > >
