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2017-03-22 Science & Technology

Why we DON'T live in a computer simulation: Expert says theory backed by Elon Musk and others shows they are 'lacking knowledge of physics'

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Personally, I'm old fashioned - I believe we're subject of Gods with malicious sense of humor.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-22 03:13|| 2017-03-22 03:13|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-03-22 07:33|| 2017-03-22 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 In the beginning was the Creation of the Universe. This has made a lot of people angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-03-22 08:20|| 2017-03-22 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 many have suggested that life as we know it might just be a sophisticated computer simulation. Who is the programmer?

"Reality" as we know it is an abstraction. Virtual reality is a kind of simulation, at least of a part of reality.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-03-22 12:50|| 2017-03-22 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Well chosen, DarthVader!

Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-22 14:40|| 2017-03-22 14:40|| Front Page Top

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