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> If you argue that it has no location or is not possible to describe in any way you have no argument... I will ask you a question. Suppose there is a world be

> If you argue that it has no location or is not possible to describe in any way you have no argument... I will ask you a question. Suppose there is a world being simulated by using a normal everyday computer. Say the world of GTA5 or something like that. Now in that world, how will you describe the location of the computer it is being simulated on? Does the computer "exist" for beings inside the simulation? On a continuing thought... Even though the computer does not exist for the beings inside the simulation, they possibly can influence the simulated world by some hack. For example, a being inside can think of some particular thing, that will result in a particular byte pattern in the memory and can trigger a bug in the program (or a hidden feature), granting the respective being some kind of super powers..This might appear as magic in the simulated world..

AstralStorm 9y ago
Either there is no way for us to know, thus it is irrelevant and impossible to reason about, or it has perceptible results therefore it is possible (though potentially not feasible) to "locate" it by followinv casual chain. If it acts in an acausal way, there is still a possibility to "locate" it in terms of e.g. wave equation or other high mathematics. It's also important whether said phenomenon acts locally or not. Former is easier to trace and attribute. Consider a simulation on top of a cluster of machines. Location in such a system may exist and be meaningful and have observable effects. Whether that explanation makes more sense than just "it is so and we don't know why" makes more sense depends on additional pieces of evidence. This is the long answer to "if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to witness it, does it make a sound".
bookofjoe 9y ago
Ready Player One

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> If you argue that it has no location or is not possible to describe in any way you have no argument... I will ask you a question. Suppose there is a world be

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AstralStorm 9y ago
Either there is no way for us to know, thus it is irrelevant and impossible to reason about, or it has perceptible results therefore it is possible (though potentially not feasible) to "locate" it by followinv casual chain. If it acts in an acausal way, there is still a possibility to "locate" it in terms of e.g. wave equation or other high mathematics. It's also important whether said phenomenon acts locally or not. Former is easier to trace and attribute. Consider a simulation on top of a cluster of machines. Location in such a system may exist and be meaningful and have observable effects. Whether that explanation makes more sense than just "it is so and we don't know why" makes more sense depends on additional pieces of evidence. This is the long answer to "if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to witness it, does it make a sound".
bookofjoe 9y ago
Ready Player One