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The Chances That Life Is Really a Computer Simulation

2 points by empressplay 10y ago

Namrog84 10y ago
I've seen a lot of blurry and Contradictory discussions on this. Some people argue by computer simulation is that it's exactly what most think. In that some outside observer has intentionally created a simulation in a computer. However on the other side is that it's more like a binary finite system or tree falls in the wood type understanding of the universe. Sorta like the double slit experiment. That there are finite precision to certain things and not infinitely small deltas. And that certain parts of universe appear to be approximated until more closely observed. Id personally more likely believe the 2nd one as some kind of weird universe reality optimizer before I'd believe the former.
Cozumel 10y ago
Since I've been playing No Mans Sky I've been giving this some thought. We could all be just on one random planet in a universe of 15 quintillion stars in a less buggy version of NMS which would probably have more stars too, maybe it's running on a PS5 or PS6! It answers questions about the universe too: 1, why are we here because we are, out of every possible planet, everything came together on this one to form life 2, meaning of life there is none, you're just a random creation (the meaning of the simulation might be different, but there's probably a good chance it's just 'because we could') If you took conways game of life, on the scale of NMS and added basic physics (as we understand it) and then just let it run for a while, time for us just stops everything happening at once, for a computer program that isn't being observed it could run way faster, it's possible that this simulated universe could evolve faster than the actual universe it's being simulated in. If the people running the simulation could interact with us - and presuming they could even find us in an entire simulated universe -they could get access to advanced tech that hasn't developed in their real world yet. The real questions would be if it is a simulation, could we get out into the 'real' world? Is our consciousness actually real or are we just thinking it's real? It's also been covered in sci-fi as well http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/53055/earthlings-create-and-interact-with-a-pocket-universe-universe-inhabitants-even http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/53055/earthlings-cr...

2 points by empressplay 10y ago

I've seen a lot of blurry and Contradictory discussions on this. Some people argue by computer simulation is that it's exactly what most think. In that some outside observer has intentionally created a simulation in a computer. However on the other side is that it's more like a binary finite system or tree falls in the wood type understanding of the universe. Sorta like the double slit experiment. That there are finite precision to certain things and not infinitely small deltas. And that certain parts of universe appear to be approximated until more closely observed. Id personally more likely believe the 2nd one as some kind of weird universe reality optimizer before I'd believe the former.

Cozumel 10y ago

Since I've been playing No Mans Sky I've been giving this some thought. We could all be just on one random planet in a universe of 15 quintillion stars in a less buggy version of NMS which would probably have more stars too, maybe it's running on a PS5 or PS6! It answers questions about the universe too: 1, why are we here because we are, out of every possible planet, everything came together on this one to form life 2, meaning of life there is none, you're just a random creation (the meaning of the simulation might be different, but there's probably a good chance it's just 'because we could') If you took conways game of life, on the scale of NMS and added basic physics (as we understand it) and then just let it run for a while, time for us just stops everything happening at once, for a computer program that isn't being observed it could run way faster, it's possible that this simulated universe could evolve faster than the actual universe it's being simulated in. If the people running the simulation could interact with us - and presuming they could even find us in an entire simulated universe -they could get access to advanced tech that hasn't developed in their real world yet. The real questions would be if it is a simulation, could we get out into the 'real' world? Is our consciousness actually real or are we just thinking it's real? It's also been covered in sci-fi as well http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/53055/earthlings-create-and-interact-with-a-pocket-universe-universe-inhabitants-even http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/53055/earthlings-cr...