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Do you think the universe is real?

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Do you think the universe is real?
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RE: Do you think the universe is real?
December 13, 2015 at 10:09 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2015 at 10:09 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(December 13, 2015 at 9:06 pm)bennyboy Wrote:
(December 13, 2015 at 7:37 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Well some people think that if it's possible to simulate a universe through technology, that inevitably there would be far more simulations of universes than actual universes and therefore it's more likely we are living in a simulation than the actual universe.


But no, that's bullshit, the universe is real.

I would say that the most efficient simulation of a universe could only be a universe.  Therefore, nothing COULD simulate a universe.

Yes, a universe. A simulated one would seem just as real to us as a "real" one.
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Do you think the universe is real? - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:21 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 9:22 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:23 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Gambit - December 13, 2015 at 9:38 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 13, 2015 at 9:40 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 9:40 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Longhorn - December 13, 2015 at 9:41 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 9:59 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Gambit - December 13, 2015 at 10:05 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Cato - December 13, 2015 at 10:09 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Alex K - December 13, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by vorlon13 - December 13, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 13, 2015 at 6:55 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2015 at 2:42 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Edwardo Piet - December 13, 2015 at 7:34 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by CapnAwesome - December 13, 2015 at 7:37 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 13, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 10:09 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 12:20 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Excited Penguin - December 13, 2015 at 10:08 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Edwardo Piet - December 13, 2015 at 11:06 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Whateverist - December 14, 2015 at 1:23 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Cyberman - December 13, 2015 at 7:38 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Whateverist - December 13, 2015 at 7:39 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 9:24 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 1:19 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 14, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Alex K - December 14, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Edwardo Piet - December 14, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 7:05 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 7:25 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Cyberman - December 14, 2015 at 7:35 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 7:36 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 8:00 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 14, 2015 at 8:03 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2015 at 11:31 pm
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by The Grand Nudger - December 15, 2015 at 12:01 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by bennyboy - December 15, 2015 at 1:36 am
RE: Do you think the universe is real? - by Sappho - December 15, 2015 at 9:09 pm

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