[extropy-chat] Be[ing] or Not Be[ing]

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 06:45 am, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:

>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Johnius wrote:
>
>> 	One episode seemed to have 12-15 different 'scientists',
>> 	all of whom were doing everything in their power to refute
>> 	non-theistic science. [snip]
>
> One way to deal with this is to pose the question "What if we
> are in a simulation?"

I don't see how this position is any more supportable or useful than 
the unproven religious views.  I have never understood why some people 
here bash religion, but think the simulation argument sounds 
reasonable.  It sounds like the same theory, to me, with IT technology 
terminology replacing religious terminology.

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