(September 22, 2013 at 7:13 am)Brian37 Wrote:(September 22, 2013 at 3:18 am)Jiggerj Wrote: Yeah, but this is one of those ideas where we don't really need proof. Even if true, no one will try to get you into a religion of computer simulation, and no one's going to kill in the name of...?..User1?
This is how superstition starts. You assume that no one will kill in the name of it, RIGHT NOW. Get enough masses to buy crap, you have enough lemmings to do your bidding.
I warn even atheist not to go around claiming moral superiority. "Atheist" is a POSITION, not a moral code.
Now again, "computer simulation" is nothing but si fi woo and just as much snake oil crap as religion is.
Actually no. This is a mere hypethesis but there is quite a bit of serious science behind it (serious enough to be reported in Scientific American - http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...ce-digital).
This could turn out to be one of the most important questions ever addressed - if it does turn out to be the case.
No-one is yet saying the universe is digital - we are awaiting results from various experiments and tests - all we are saying is it could be and that's not woo.
