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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by everdev on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:36PM (#18141923)
No matter how far back you go in any creation theory, something has to come from nothing. Multiverse and simulation theories kick the can down the road but don't answer the question "why is there something instead of nothing?".

I think that's why it's important to know where this "computer" came from that's simulating us if it's true. We can't just get one answer and give up, we have to keep following the trail.

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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by kenmicklas on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:39PM (#18141945)
You're projecting our experience of time onto what is a timeless mathematical essence. The idea that OP is referring to is that the universe "exists" simply because it is internally consistent.
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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by coldtea on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:59PM (#18142105)
>No matter how far back you go in any creation theory, something has to come from nothing. Multiverse and simulation theories kick the can down the road but don't answer the question "why is there something instead of nothing?".

The expectation that it's impossible for something to come out of nothing is just a superstition.

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Re:Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hyp... by SCHiM on Thursday October 04, 2018 @02:04PM (#18142140)
And it's the same with beginnings and endings. It seems to us humans that everything begins and ends. But there's not a single reason why that is true on universal scales.
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