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Re:Simulation, Consciousness, Existence (1998) by simonh on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @12:43PM (#12498780)
Right, and the Billiard Ball Example shows what you need to do to even just simulate a game of billiards. To do so accurately you have to simulate every elementary particle in the observable universe. That's how complex and interconnected the universe is.
Re:Simulation, Consciousness, Existence (1998) by XorNot on Friday September 16, 2016 @01:14PM (#12515545)
Arguing that present technology is insufficient doesn't prove that all future technology would be insufficient. The trajectory of improvement rather suggests the opposite.
Re:Simulation, Consciousness, Existence (1998) by simonh on Saturday September 17, 2016 @09:14AM (#12520348)
It's not a matter of technology, it's a matter of complexity. By definition a computer capable of simulating every elementary particle in the universe would have to be many orders of magnitude more complex (in crude terms 'bigger') than the universe itself, even assuming ideal technology with mathematically perfect efficiency.