[extropy-chat] The Simulation Argument

[Robin Hanson]

At 01:58 PM 12/2/2004, John K Clark wrote:
>The argument fails if the Many Worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics is
>true and there are an infinite number of non simulated beings. Even if each
>real world runs 99 trillion simulated universes there are still the same
>number of simulated and non simulated worlds.

The many worlds interpretation does not require an infinity of worlds or 
beings. In fact, I prefer a finite version: 
http://hanson.gmu.edu/mangledworlds.html



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