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Started by Caliga, July 20, 2009, 10:41:40 AM

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Which of the following statements are most likely to be true?

Almost no civilization will reach a level of technological maturity capable of producing simulated realities.
4 (30.8%)
Almost no civilization reaching aforementioned technological status will produce a simulated reality, for any of a number of reasons, such as diversion of computational processing power for other tasks, ethical considerations of holding entities captive i
5 (38.5%)
Almost all entities with our general set of experiences are living in a simulation.
4 (30.8%)

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Siege

#45
July 20, 2009, 10:48:41 PM
Sim One was a great movie.
With Al Pacino and Rachel Wood.



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grumbler

#46
July 20, 2009, 10:51:28 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 20, 2009, 08:33:46 PM
This sort of thing would either involve quantum computing or some even more advanced form of computing we haven't even dreamed of yet.
It would require computers capable of an infinite number of computations per nanosecond, and then to that to the infinite power to handle all the sub-simulations.

Get cracking, MicroStiff!
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Grinning_Colossus

#47
July 21, 2009, 02:25:09 AM
Siege, if it turned out that the Jewish God was just a computer programmer who decided to have some fun, would you still worship him, or would you posit the existence of a higher god who created the unknowable 'real' universe and worship that one instead?
Quis futuit ipsos fututores?
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