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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 10:36 pm
(December 15, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Ben Davis Wrote:
(December 15, 2012 at 11:13 am)TaraJo Wrote: http://www.inquisitr.com/437451/our-univ...ew-theory/
Erm... I think I'm reading it wrong. Did they really say that 'if we can simulate our universe then our universe must be a simulation, itself'?

Oh, dear. That is a terrible argument.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out. - by Shell B - December 17, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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