Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation

Re:Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation by MaxBarraclough on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:58AM (#15384844)

It would depend on the simulation.

Are other people still real people, living alongside you in the simulation, or are they too simulated?

(Whether there's a difference depends on one's philosophy, mind.)

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Re:Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation by uptown on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:09PM (#15384999)

I've hypothesized that in a simulation, "others" in your world may just be permutations of "you" in some sense. That everyone you interact with is actually a creation spawned by "your" entity. It's one of the reasons dogs and owners frequently look alike -- because their origin is from the same logic, and that connectivity yields inherent similarities for entities created to have some degree of symbiosis.

It's crazy -- and certainly wrong. But so is all of this.

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Re:Physicists find we’re not living in a computer simulation by pavel_lishin on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:05PM (#15384937)

What's the definition of "real" here?

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