Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by mb_72 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @04:48AM
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Indeed; the 'simulation universe' possibility I find (oddly I know!) comforting, and this has provided me with a way of understanding to some degree the comfort offered by religion to many people, while at the same time I still can't understand the religious aspect itself.
Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by M_Grey on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:55AM
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Just replace "Simulators" with "God", and you'll find that your beliefs are virtually indistinguishable from a religious conviction. In that light, the comfort it provides is by no means hard to understand.
Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by calebm on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @11:12AM
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"In [God] we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28)
Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by jcbrand on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @04:37AM
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> In the space of all possible universes it is unlikely that we live in the most probable one, but it is likely that we live in a probable one.
I was never great at probability theory, but wouldn't we by definition most likely be living in the most probable universe?
Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by ClassyJacket on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @05:41AM
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Nope. Imagine there are million possible universes. Imagine the most probable has a probability of 1%. It'd still pretty unlikely that we live in that one, even tho it's more likely than any other one.
+ In the space of all possible universes it is unlikely that we live in the most probable one, but it is likely that we live in a probable one.
+ When I feel existentially lost, I'd like to think that if we look deep into math we will see the necessity of our universe's existence.
+ Our universe is a probable sequence hidden like primes within natural numbers. It exists forever, we only need a mathematical microscope.
For me it helps a bit...