[ExI] simulation as an improvement over reality.

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 03:19:52PM -0500, Mike Dougherty wrote:

> Are temporally distant copies also "in unison" ?

They're not in unison, but by comparing the trajectories
(or settling for checksum-like measurements) you can
verify that a particular discrete evolution trajectory
fragment is the same in both cases.

This is even less useful than keeping two adjacent systems
in synchrony, as you'd be limited to agents locked into
their own virtual environment cages, completely deterministic
evolution, no interaction with reality.
 
> If I make a Perfect Copy(tm) then throw it down a black hole, are we

If you march in unison, then blow one's instances brain's out, will
you notice? 

(That's the basic idea behind HA setups with a hot failover,
you can shoot one system with full impunity, other than
reducing your redundancy level).

> still synch'd?  (time dilation is one thing, the fact that verifying
> information signals can't get out is another)

ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION DIV BY ZERO.

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