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The simulation framing tends to draw deterministic connotations. I think when people think of a simulation or perhaps physical interpretations, they imagine li
by state_less 2y ago
The simulation framing tends to draw deterministic connotations. I think when people think of a simulation or perhaps physical interpretations, they imagine life as happening to them, rather than through them. I think it’s easy to perceive it one way or the other, and what you seek you will find.
But something like ‘lazy evaluation’ could provide a bridge between the two views. A choice is made AND a physically compatible path is observed as if it were always so from the past to the present.
Personally, I think of the universe is alive with choice and we do get to participate.
PS. I kept a copy of Kip Thorne’s Black Holes and Time Warps on my nightstand as a kid - it filled me with fascination. Thanks Kip!
- szvsw 2y ago> The simulation framing tends to draw deterministic connotations. I bristle at this because there is obviously a massive amount of probabilistic programming methodology and stochastic simulation techniques out there, but at the end of the day in terms of connotation you are probably correct…
- Mattasher 2y agoI think there's a case to be made that, if the simulation hypothesis is correct, we are god's dice[1]. We exist as agents to introduce randomness in the form of free will or enough chaos to ensure non-determinism, at least from the perspective of whatever force built this place. [1] https://mattasher.substack.com/p/btf-6-gods-dice https://mattasher.substack.com/p/btf-6-gods-dice
- medstrom 2y agoSounds like anthropocentric bias. If you can implement a true RNG for some things, why not for all things?