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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 19, 2012 at 9:45 pm



Crap. My browser crashed and I don't feel like retyping it. With all due respect to Chaitin, I think he's abusing the sense of the concept of quantum indeterminacy here and using it in a sense that is essentially pseudoscientific.

(Checking, Chaitin appears credentialed in philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. Not physics. Apparently he's been focusing on computational analogs to biological evolution of late.)
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out. - by Angrboda - December 19, 2012 at 9:45 pm

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