Re: Nature

From: Martin Ling (martin@nodezero.org.uk)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 06:12:59 MDT


On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 11:10:11PM -0700, m wrote:
>
> > If we don't hack
> > nature, we
> > die, and the mindless machine whirls on, unnapreciated and unaware.
>
> OK, but let's try to avoid a general protection fault :)

>From a quite young age I began considering the universe as similar to a
computer game or simulation (something, if you want, like SimCity).

I began to consider the efforts made at pushing the borderlines and
extremes of physics. Almost - like trying to find a bug, a security
hole. Somewhere, perhaps - a buffer overflow.

I find it a very reasonable belief that our universe exists as a
simulation within another. Perhaps, if we fail to find a loophole - we
should be trying to gain the operators attention.

Martin

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