[ExI] Fermi question, was is a FTL drive a dream . . .

[Dan]

On Monday, December 19, 2011 7:22 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 3)  Perhaps the most bizarre reason for the Fermi problem is the
> world as we know it being a simulation.  There are probably
> ways to test for being in a simulation, but testing ends the
> simulation (and the universe as we know it) so it might not be
> something you want to try.

Jeff Olson asked, on this, why wouldn't there be simulated aliens as well? I think raising the simulation scenario here doesn't resolve the issue. You might just as well say there are no aliens in evidence because God wills it to be so.

Regards,

Dan
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