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Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.

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Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.
December 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm
(December 17, 2012 at 1:39 pm)Brian37 Wrote: "simulation" IMPLIES a cognition. A COGNITION IS NOT REQUIRED for the universe to exist therefore IT CANNOT BE A SIMULATION, anymore than a hurricane is a "simulation"

That Cognition is not KNOWN TO BE REQUIRED for the universe to exist does not mean, therefore, cognition CAN NOT actually be an agent for the existence of the part of universe we are familiar with.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out. - by Anomalocaris - December 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm

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