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"We are recreating the entire planet in Minecraft" Nice move, then we can all move to Minecraft, when we are finished with this planet and have used it up.

Loveaway 5y ago
Maybe we can. If you assume the mind is the constant in our reality - opposite to the traditional view, in which the physical world is supporting the mind - then we should be able to move into a virtual one. Maybe we're just layering worlds on top of each other, and old ones can become irrelevant, forgotten and disappear. Our current world could be just a virtual one, built on top something long forgotten, and will in time vanish when we move into Minecraft.
- grp000 5y ago
  I'm not sure about that. Spending any decent time in nature has a wholeness to it, it can feel "attuning" to some weird sense of self and how we fit in with it, maybe having to do with an evolved response?
- FeepingCreature 5y ago
  Why would this not work in the traditional view? I have a hard time imagining a mind that can only operate in one specific reality, even in principle. How would you condition on it?
bcherny 5y ago
I just finished Egan’s excellent Permutation City, which has a fun and CS-heavy take on this. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Permutation-City/Greg-Egan/9781597805391 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Permutation-City/Greg...
- pugworthy 5y ago
  I presume you mean Computer Science, not Counter-Strike
UnpossibleJim 5y ago
I was thinking more along the lines of the show "Upload". Edit: https://youtu.be/0ZfZj2bn_xg https://youtu.be/0ZfZj2bn_xg
sbuttgereit 5y ago
Now I get all the metaverse hype
- beermonster 5y ago
  You beat me to it! :)
- input_sh 5y ago
  Can't say I've seen anyone being hyped about it other than that guy whose last name starts with Zuck and ends with berg and like 3 weirdos online that work for him.
  - Kinrany 5y ago
    There are open source projects: https://github.com/M3-org/awesome-metaverse https://github.com/M3-org/awesome-metaverse

Loveaway 5y ago

Maybe we can. If you assume the mind is the constant in our reality - opposite to the traditional view, in which the physical world is supporting the mind - then we should be able to move into a virtual one. Maybe we're just layering worlds on top of each other, and old ones can become irrelevant, forgotten and disappear. Our current world could be just a virtual one, built on top something long forgotten, and will in time vanish when we move into Minecraft.

grp000 5y ago
I'm not sure about that. Spending any decent time in nature has a wholeness to it, it can feel "attuning" to some weird sense of self and how we fit in with it, maybe having to do with an evolved response?
FeepingCreature 5y ago
Why would this not work in the traditional view? I have a hard time imagining a mind that can only operate in one specific reality, even in principle. How would you condition on it?

bcherny 5y ago

I just finished Egan’s excellent Permutation City, which has a fun and CS-heavy take on this. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Permutation-City/Greg-Egan/9781597805391 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Permutation-City/Greg...

pugworthy 5y ago
I presume you mean Computer Science, not Counter-Strike

UnpossibleJim 5y ago

I was thinking more along the lines of the show "Upload". Edit: https://youtu.be/0ZfZj2bn_xg https://youtu.be/0ZfZj2bn_xg

sbuttgereit 5y ago

Now I get all the metaverse hype

beermonster 5y ago
You beat me to it! :)
input_sh 5y ago
Can't say I've seen anyone being hyped about it other than that guy whose last name starts with Zuck and ends with berg and like 3 weirdos online that work for him.
- Kinrany 5y ago
  There are open source projects: https://github.com/M3-org/awesome-metaverse https://github.com/M3-org/awesome-metaverse