[ExI] simulation stat goofiness

[Will Steinberg]

Ah yes, the Bun Argument. ;)

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:36 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Will Steinberg via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] simulation stat goofiness
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> >... at Spike: I'm shocked that Bostrom et al. have never seemed to address
> this, or what they believe the world of the simulator is like, and whether
> it's probable that the simulator is in a simulation too…
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> I bought his book but cannot claim to understand it to any real extent.
> That Nick Bostrom is a clever avatar indeed.
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> >… It's a half-assed concept for sure…
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> Sure but think of it Will: that concept in itself is something that can
> only really be done in a sim.  Everybody knows that buns come in pairs,
> only pairs, never any other number.  Just trying to imagine having only
> one, we need a sim to help us envision such a thing.
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