Could we be in a simulation? Elon Musk tells! What do you think?
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RasageerLohar
MPA (400+ posts)
deep, but yes, why can we not just be characters of a book with a start and end. Reader opens the book starts reading. The characters are just in a virtual reality having feelings etc. The start of the book that the reader is reading is born, and end of the book is that the character dies.
Defies all religion etc that Molvi Khadim hussain rizvi will be upset about
Defies all religion etc that Molvi Khadim hussain rizvi will be upset about
Eyeaan
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Though he is talking all fluff and nonsense (meaning he isn't saying anything which he can possibly define or possibly understands but only relies upon the perceptions of the words of the listeners.
My following comment is just about 'simulated mind' not 'simulated worlds which is he also talking about.
The idea of simulated mind is absurd; that is in the end it is meaningless; it can't be possibly proved or rejected or put to test.
If mind is 1) simulated (i.e. there is a clear distinction of mind and body- which is a very old question from antiquity) and 2) planted (this new idea comes from the computer lingo of 'installation' process - recall the movie Matrix) then the observations and sensation are also essentially simulated and we are not aware of any 'reality' i.e. the reality is just our reaction or output and again the perception of our reaction is just a simulation and so on.
Thus the outcome of the idea of simulated mind is to give up reality to 'the individual' and 'all of his interaction/observation' and in return no new 'knowledge' is gained except for the fluff material for science fiction.
Why to be be content with simulation (and be fascinated with computer lingo), why not the all the data is transplanted and the function of mind is not 'the calculation' but just 'the presentation' (logically the idea is the same, if the software writer was about perfect).
** there is vast literature regarding mind-body problem in biological sciences and perhaps would not support this guy and the same goes for the physics of simulated multi-universe.
Eyeaan
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
I missed what had really irked me to write a comment.
He is talking about the simulated multi-universe. However the Idea of multi-universe (yet un-provable) arises (i.e. forced by mathematics) from the continuum of random process. If we are to have a simulated universe (i.e. not from the random process) then what was the need to make it multi-universe as well; wasn't one universe enough for him. However fluff like him use all available vocabulary to give impression of being learned and thinkers.
There is continuously new knowledge and information added to all fields of sciences and we should rather promote and discuss that than this youtube/SciFi type ideas. Nothing is gained by replacing one Rizvi with another with modern vocabulary.
Unlettered
Senator (1k+ posts)
He has been advocating this hypothesis for sometime now.
