RE: Stupidest Anti Evolution Argument Ever.
September 26, 2014 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2014 at 2:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 26, 2014 at 2:31 pm)robvalue Wrote: Sure, someoneThere you go...you've assumed intelligent agency yet again-.
Quote:could be running a simulation in/through my mind.A simulation -is- "running in your mind". Were you under the impression that "what you see" was actually the thing in front of you - rather than an abstraction. Do you think that your eyes are windows...with another set of eyes behind them looking out?
Quote:Maybe you are saying a simulation could come about without being orchestrated?Oh, there may be something "orchestrating" it....but that doesn't mean that said something is an intelligence, a someone.
Quote: I guess you could say that, but the point of the simulation argument is to talk about specific scenarios of a civilization in one universe simulating another.And that's why it fails. It assumes a civilization (and not only one intelligent agent....many - in this formulation). In a better formulation it would conclude civilization - a non-sequitur. In yet another, the premise can be shown to be demonstrably false. In yet another it can be shown to be an invalid premise from which to argue.
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