[extropy-chat] Analyzing the simulation argument

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Hara Ra <harara at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I don't get this.... Cryonics successful is big win, failure just
> sameo sameo. If this is a Simulation, where is the darn Control
> Panel? With no access to controls, what is point of arguing about it
> anyway, beyond its entertainment value. Kindly explain your point.

As I said in another post, the point is that if we are living in a
simulation, then it is possible to simulate whole universes. If we are
not living in a simulation, then odds are it is impossible to simulate
whole universes. 

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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