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

[Samantha Atkins]

My personal favorite is that we caught in a loop of the first SAI 
continuously simulating various variations of its own becoming and 
incorporating the results.   The great SAI snake has its tail in its 
mouth, chewing away.

-s

On Apr 14, 2004, at 3:45 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?"  The Matrix series makes it much easier
> to pose this and papers & comments by Nick Bostrom and Robert
> Freitas provide reasonable academic background that may support
> that concept.  If we *are* in a simulation you can force the
> theists back into the position that "yes" we are in a
> manufactured universe -- but it is one created as either
> a scientific experiment or a playtoy.  Probably will not
> make most people operating on pure "faith" very happy.
>
> Robert
>
>
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