[extropy-chat] The world as a Sim ? Irrelevant

[kevinfreels at hotmail.com]

If we are a sim,. there are probably many others. These others have
different variables introduced and their purpose is to find out what these
variables produce in the end. I hope we're the sim that survives
singularity!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] The world as a Sim ? Irrelevant


> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky writes:
>
> > This world could easily be a computer simulation, but if so
> > it is a simulation of a  world without ESP.
>
> I reckon (without believing) that it is NOT a sim and could
> NOT easily be a sim.
>
> I think that to entertain the notion that it is is to run the risk of
> repeating (now dead) Pascal's wager and betting the same
> wrong way. Of betting that there is a super-natural being that
> is going to come to the rescue like Santa Claus. I prefer to
> work with friends and the resources that I have, rather than
> fret over the resources I don't have. I am not malicious and
> I will deal with maliciousness if I must with resolution and
> ferocity of my own.
>
> I can see no advantage or change in my habits that I would
> make if I thought the world was a sim. I would probably have
> more allies and friends if less people entertained the sim
> hypothesis so much but so be it.
>
> I think that if no-one can come up with a reliable test, (group
> test - science or solitary test - pure reason) to see if the world
> is a sim then it would be better to step around what looks like
> an iteration of the same old mindfuk, to put away childish
> things and to concentrate minds and energies on the tasks
> at hand.
>
> Regards,
> Brett
>
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