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Right, but what I'm saying is that the total "room for simulation" is at most as large as the room in the parent universe, and probably much smaller. So if you
by fallingfrog 10y ago
Right, but what I'm saying is that the total "room for simulation" is at most as large as the room in the parent universe, and probably much smaller. So if you were randomly spawned somewhere in the total space made up of all the real and simulated universes, the chances are very good you'd be in a real universe, not a simulated one.
- CuriouslyC 10y agoThat would be true, assuming a uniform prior probability of complex life in the real universe and a simulation. In actuality the simulation would almost certainly have rules that encourage the aggregation and stability of information, such that the probability of complex life would be much, much higher.
- fallingfrog 10y agoIf this universe is designed to be efficient in terms of the ratio of living matter to inert matter, I'd hate to see what the parent universe looks like. Also, the matter in the parent universe running the simulation has got to be active matter using energy somehow, so why not construct native life forms? The simulator itself is a device for maintaining information, if you want to create intelligent life, (or any other life), it's always more efficient to just create an AI than a virtual universe with an AI in it.
- CuriouslyC 10y agoWhy not create life forms? Why not create an AI? Why create a simulation at all? In my opinion, the best argument for why is entertainment. The originator of a simulation of the universe this nuanced probably has existence on full autopilot, what is left but recreation? You could think of the universe like minecraft (the best selling PC game of all time, btw) raised to some ridiculous power.