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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 1:56 pm
(December 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(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.

BULLSHIT, please do not step into any lab with that attitude.

I can't rule out pink unicorns existing on the other side of the universe either. But I am not going to waste my time postulating it because I cant disprove it.

If ifs and butts were candy and nuts we'd all have a party.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out. - by Brian37 - December 17, 2012 at 1:56 pm

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