[ExI] Discussion - The Universe as a simulation in a hyperspace computer

[Mike Dougherty]

Unfair??  That read to me like "that's dumb" because it sounds like a lot
of other "dumb"  i concede there is quite a volume of dumb on the
internet.

Instead, we're into a garbage whorl on "simulation is wrong" so it's
generating only heat.  "shrug"

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 1:21 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 at 14:48, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow, Qwen illustrates an ax to grind,eh?
>>
>> That felt to me like pigeon-hole the idea, then slam it for all the other
>> ideas in the same pigeon-hole (underinformed internet philosophers) - also
>> says "yeah, there are some respected names associated to some facets of
>> this concept,  but be careful who you accept thoughts from"
>> <snip>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>
>
> Oh, you're being unfair to Quen!  :)
> GLM-5.2 agrees with Quen. And even Gemini doesn't like the simulation
> theory.
> BillK
>
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