[extropy-chat] Analyzing the simulation argument

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> It could be done by a superficial sim at the molecular level for only
> the parts of the universe that we can observe at the molecular level.
> That would require very little in the way of computational
> requirements compared to a Planck level sim of an entire universe.

The entanglement problem doesn't let you work that way. You have to sim
it all. Inertia alone is proof of that, being caused by the
gravitational influence of all the other matter in the universe going
forward in time then back to the moment you push on a mass... If it
were merely some code faking inertia, there would be servere
repercussions in our astronomical observations.

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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) 
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