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I'm reminded of Greg Egan's "running on the dust" theory. The main idea is the same: if a simulation algorithm describes our universe, there's no need for a mac
by cousin_it 18y ago
I'm reminded of Greg Egan's "running on the dust" theory. The main idea is the same: if a simulation algorithm describes our universe, there's no need for a machine to run the simulation. We exist... in the abstract, in the same sense as numbers exist.
- asdflkj 18y agoWell, I say we exist in the non-abstract. Or don't exist in the abstract. Or non-abstract. Or whatever. A radically different "view", and yet the implications are the same (non-existent, that is). This isn't too far removed from arguing about whether the Holy Ghost is indeed the same entity as God the Father.
- dejb 18y agoYou are right that it doesn't offer any concrete predictions at the moment and perhaps it never will. But if everybody dismissed notions just because they couldn't immediately see what they could be used for we'd live in a pretty boring and backwards world.