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Re:Existing in an Un-Simulated Reality by zach_miller on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:31PM (#37449402)
Am I missing something here? I can suppose a universe where the premise is false (This is a conceivable universe, I’d argue). Doesn’t that mean that this premise really is false?
Re:Existing in an Un-Simulated Reality by axelsvensson on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:51PM (#37449607)
Someone who holds this view would probably have to make the definitions more precise, so that if you live in a deterministic reality, you actually cannot conceive of a universe that isn't deterministic. You can throw around words like "indeterministic", but you cannot precisely simulate something indeterministic using only deterministic ingredients, and hence, for some precise definition of "conceive", cannot conceive such a universe.
Re:Existing in an Un-Simulated Reality by mistermann on Saturday September 09, 2023 @04:47PM (#37450125)
If one assumes paradoxes are impossible maybe.
Re:Existing in an Un-Simulated Reality by mannykannot on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:33PM (#37451754)
The author's tenets seem to insist upon the reality of universes expressed in inconsistent formal systems, so I don't think this is fatal to the argument - though it suppose it might render pointless any attempt to treat the premise analytically.