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Why does it need to be a complete simulation? At the extreme, it could be a simulation in which you alone are the only conscious entity. Nothing outside your im
by Gupie 10y ago
Why does it need to be a complete simulation? At the extreme, it could be a simulation in which you alone are the only conscious entity. Nothing outside your immediate proximity is simulated.
- tbabb 10y agoAnd it only needs to be simulated convincingly enough and in enough detail to fool your human mind.
- Gupie 10y agoAnd your mind can be programmed to ignore and forget anything that might indicate it is a simulation.
- pksadiq 10y ago> And it only needs to be simulated convincingly enough and in enough detail to fool your human mind. If we are inside a simulation, there are too many variables that are beyond our control. What are 'we'? are 'we' 'humans'? Or are 'we' 'programmed' to 'think' so? what is a 'thought'? What is 'mind'? What does it 'mean' by 'fool' 'your' 'human' 'mind'?
- beefield 10y agoI just would like to know how this game is scored and how many lifes I have left...
- Gupie 10y agoand what happens when the game is over :)
- szemet 10y agoThat's also means they may have to alter our minds sometimes to avoid expensive computations: For example a bit contrived example: if we try to find the next Mersenne prime (or something similar, computationally hard but easy to check thing (e.g. anything NP complete)), and we use millions of computers to do that, and the simulators do not have it precomputed already - then the simulators either have to compute it too to provide the proper sensory input (the mersenne prime found) or alter our mind not to do this...