[extropy-chat] simulation argument may be just a dream

[Mike Lorrey]

--- ben <benboc at lineone.net> wrote:

> 
> Maybe we are just some super-powerful mind's random dream, and will
> disappear without trace in the morning.

This is a) overly solipsistic, and relies on the idea that creatures
could evolve elsewhere naturally with superintelligence, which is
contradicted by Yudkowskian arguments, and b) underestimating to the
extreme the amount of computation required to simulate a universe. I
would refer you to recent published papers on computing with black
holes as a start.

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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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