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I said there\u0026#39;s no reason to think it requires anything that can\u0026#39;t be simulated on a computer. 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No one has managed to do that. If you managed to, you\u0026#39;d be world-famous in an instant. 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Always get a detailed quote from your deity."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/5527686495067529234"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/5527686495067529234"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613315366052#c5527686495067529234","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/8450941458490542358"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Steven Evans"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13898046706669437332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1909225906"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"10:09 AM, February 14, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6794318460532933564"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-14T09:42:14.527-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-14T09:42:14.527-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What has been overlooked here is that if our unive..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"What has been overlooked here is that if our universe is a simulaation, then the \u0026quot;outer\u0026quot; universe may have completely different laws than the \u0026quot;inner\u0026quot; one.  In that case the arguments about the technological infeasibility of simulating GR, QM, and consciousness are irrelevant."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/6794318460532933564"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/6794318460532933564"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613313734527#c6794318460532933564","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andrew Dabrowski"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14194210589133048249"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4nr4H9suZ-c\/XQU61JNGs7I\/AAAAAAAASAE\/CDCyrwp0ML0h1sxt4kbAVL_bqrEXwo0vwCK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/absoluteZinger.png"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-637606235"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9:42 AM, February 14, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-8464451608204612159"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-14T09:28:00.737-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-14T09:28:00.737-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Phillip Helbig6:19 PM, February 13, 2021\n\nHas Bost..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Phillip Helbig6:19 PM, February 13, 2021\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHas Bostrom shown that physics can be produced from an algorithm? No.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo he should reattach the umlaut and return to the village that is missing its idiot. He obviously watched \u0026quot;Tron\u0026quot; once too often.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;I am writing up in a paper just to annoy Steve Evans\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHahaha! You are so transparent.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/8464451608204612159"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/8464451608204612159"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613312880737#c8464451608204612159","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/4291638795430723946"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Steven Evans"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13898046706669437332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1909225906"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"9:28 AM, February 14, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3534249991893322754"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-14T04:00:09.983-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-14T04:00:09.983-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"True? All we experience was coded, and we are part..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"True? All we experience was coded, and we are part of that computer code. NO we are part of an entanglement system between SuSy symmetrical particles living far apart in 12 copy SuSy universal bubbles called the raspberry multiverse."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/3534249991893322754"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/3534249991893322754"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613293209983#c3534249991893322754","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Leo Vuyk"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16285797359437018414"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"28","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CB95BqtAsC0\/XKb5d4jcJnI\/AAAAAAAAeSc\/vEr1JD3TsDkkxNze4ask2Db5byF4SzcNgCK4BGAYYCw\/s69\/40686649811_4ede137441_z.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1066639081"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"4:00 AM, February 14, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1840877959532382582"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-14T03:36:06.380-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-14T03:36:06.380-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The simulation hypothesis is clearly an extrapolat..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The simulation hypothesis is clearly an extrapolation. 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Just one person’s brain.\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/1895983613516085486"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/1895983613516085486"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613258563274#c1895983613516085486","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Phillip Helbig"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12067585245603436809"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-P9jnb_ljFCQ\/TgMR5xnv1dI\/AAAAAAAAAAQ\/QOvBWA2ftYY\/s220\/TYCHO.GIF"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-78435951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"6:22 PM, February 13, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4291638795430723946"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-13T18:19:09.408-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-13T18:19:09.408-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It’s clear that you disagree with the argument of ..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"It’s clear that you disagree with the argument of Bostrom (he dropped the umlaut when he moved to England), and his argument might be wrong (I tend to agree that it is wrong as well, but for different reasons which I am writing up in a paper just to annoy Steve Evans), but since the term pseudoscience has a rather well defined meaning which goes beyond a) not agreeing with something or even b) "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/4291638795430723946"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/22973357\/6611302378669687929\/comments\/default\/4291638795430723946"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html?showComment=1613258349408#c4291638795430723946","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Phillip Helbig"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12067585245603436809"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-P9jnb_ljFCQ\/TgMR5xnv1dI\/AAAAAAAAAAQ\/QOvBWA2ftYY\/s220\/TYCHO.GIF"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/the-simulation-hypothesis-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6611302378669687929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22973357/posts/default/6611302378669687929","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-78435951"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"6:19 PM, February 13, 2021"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4749739662108993019"},"published":{"$t":"2021-02-13T15:35:24.350-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-02-13T15:35:24.350-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"When all we had was the Newtonian mechanics we had..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"When all we had was the Newtonian mechanics we had a mechanical universe - aka the clockwork universe. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow that we have digital computers we have now a digital universe that they call a simulation universe ...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhilst maybe not an empirically based explanation, the simulation hypothesis is a metaphysical explanation, which to my mind brings metaphysics into disrepute. 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