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Re:Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation by joering2 on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:57AM (#15384823)
not only that but if we are able to simulate life in a computer, and we are a simulation as well, then most likely those who watch us on their computer's screen might be simulated as well.

Nevertheless learning that someone simulate us does not answer the question where the live came from... because those simulating us had to have a beginning too. And if they started in a computer simulation, then who is simulating them? And so on... its truly a question that can give you a headache!

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Re:Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation by knome on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:08PM (#15384985)
> The researchers calculated that just storing information about a couple of hundred electrons would require a computer memory that would physically require more atoms than exist in the universe. Well, our universe appears to have found a way to store that same information on a couple of hundred electrons, so it might be that we find better methods going forward.

Your comment reminded me of this : https://qntm.org/responsibility

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