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Re:The Peer-to-Peer Simulation Hypothesis by dandanua on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:50AM (#26968729)
I had some laughs when I skipped through his text.

He claims that his theory

  > 1. Is based on serious scientific and philosophical hypothesies.
The reference is his own paper where he writes

  > I show that existing MMORPGs (online simulations we have already created) actually reproduce every general feature of quantum mechanics within their simulated-world reference-frames. Second, I show that existing MMORPGs also replicate (and so explain) many philosophical problems we face in the philosophy of mind, time, personal identity, and free will – all while conforming to the Libertarian Compatibilist model of reality
I guess he does "science" between raids in WoW.
Re:The Peer-to-Peer Simulation Hypothesis by CrazyPyroLinux on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:51PM (#26984952)
This is the first time I've heard "Libertarian" not mean something political. TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_(metaphysics)