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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by RashHeuristics on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:12AM (#22483872)
It is not a non-sequitor, it follows from the concepts, something being worth doing is not a part of physics/math. If math/physics is all you have then you have no "worth doing".
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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by vidarh on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:37AM (#22484065)
If it turns out we're just simulated entities, does that suddenly make your life not worth living?

Why would it change anything?

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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by RashHeuristics on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:58AM (#22494649)
if we are simulated entities then there is no "we". 'we' do not have existence. that would indeed make life not worth living, on account of there not being a life there in the first place
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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by vidarh on Thursday March 05, 2020 @03:39PM (#22497922)
If we are simulated entities, then the fact that I at least live a pleasant life would show that it is perfectly possible to have a pleasant, worthwhile simulated life.
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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by RashHeuristics on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:53AM (#22502022)
no it would show that you are not simulated
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Re:No Ghost in the Machine by c22 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @06:52PM (#22489476)
It might, if it turns out there's an opportunity for a reset.
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