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At some point we'll build a perfect mimicry of the natural world. The interesting part is what happens in the first fork.
by jareklupinski 3y ago
At some point we'll build a perfect mimicry of the natural world.
The interesting part is what happens in the first fork.
- lukan 3y ago"At some point we'll build a perfect mimicry of the natural world." A perfect simulation of the natural world, would be a second natural world.
- kromem 3y agoThis assumes that the natural world isn't itself simulated, or it's not a second natural world, but an nth natural world. Turtles all the way down.
- lukan 3y agoYes it does, but so far there are lots of indications for infinite complexity and 0 indications for it being a simulation.
- kromem 3y agoGiven we're in a universe that at macro scales appears to be continuous, and even continues to appear that way at micro scales until interacted with leaving persistent information around state changes (and switching back if the information is erased, like any good memory optimization might), we should probably seriously entertain that being in an emulated continuous universe with discrete side effects would mean real computing would be on the table for a foundational reality. Can you point to any "indications of infinite complexity" that couldn't be run on a real computer?
- lukan 3y ago"Can you point to any "indications of infinite complexity" that couldn't be run on a real computer?" Have you ever seen an accurate long term weather forecast?
- lloeki 3y agohttps://qntm.org/responsibility https://qntm.org/responsibility Wondering if this from GGP was a reference to that: > The interesting part is what happens in the first fork.