[ExI] A Simulation Argument

[BillK]

On Jan 12, 2008 12:59 AM, Ian Goddard wrote:
>  By physical necessity, everything you've ever
> perceived is a simulation of your external world
> produced by and in your brain from sensory data
> received from your external world. Your brain is a
> biological computer. Therefore, everything you've
> perceived is a computer-generated simulation. And so
> the intricate dynamic complexity of the perceived
> universe is not evidence against the ability of a
> computer to create such an environment. QED ~Ian
>


Of course. But the basic flaw is; if we are existing in a computer
simulation, who created the simulation?
And the same logic applies to him/it. i.e. He/it may also be living in
a computer simulation.

It's simulations all the way down.

That makes such speculation unhelpful.

BillK