Re: The Simulation Argument again

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 20:54:44 MDT

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    On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:32:07 -0400, Harvey Newstrom
    <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:

    > - As an absurd argument, why not count dreams? They are simulations of
    > the
    > universe that seem real to us at the time. There are many more dreams
    > than
    > universes (either simulated or natural). Wouldn't this imply that we are
    > in
    > a dream instead of a simulation or reality?

    Harvey: I'm not sure this sounds as absurd to me as you might think it does
    to you. Any sufficiently advanced dream by a sufficiently advanced dreamer
    might start to approximate a simulation. No?

    I'm sure there's a big chunk of Hindu world-story that relates to dreaming
    the universe.

    Or maybe I just dreamt that.

    :)

    -- 
    I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization. 
    Sometimes I forget.
    


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