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Hmm, I'm not sure about that logic. 'Suppose we are currently in such a simulation' - does your objection still hold?
by feral 16y ago
Hmm, I'm not sure about that logic.
'Suppose we are currently in such a simulation' - does your objection still hold?
- narrator 16y agoMy objection to the claim that we are in a perfect simulation of reality is that that's not falsifiable. Falsifiability is a really really interesting concept. It's not particularly popular among mystics because it sort of invalidates the whole religion thing.
- philwelch 16y agoThe claim that we are in a perfect simulation of reality isn't a scientific claim, hence falsifiability is not strictly relevant.
- narrator 16y agoI think what I don't like about the "simulation of reality" proposition is it implies that death does not have its normal negative consequences and thus causes values to be not the same as they normally would be under not "simulation of reality" circumstances.
- philwelch 16y agoDeath has the exact same empirical consequences--people you observe to die are never seen again alive. The subjective consequences of death are impossible to know whether or not reality is simulated.
- loewenskind 16y ago>because it sort of invalidates the whole religion thing No, it clearly demonstrates that religion is outside of the realm of science as many other things are as well (Philosophy, for instance. Or do you care to argue that Philosophy has no value?)
- ashutoshm 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russells_teapot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russells_teapot