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Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.

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Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 13, 2015 at 1:44 am
You reject God yet you believe in the idea of consciousness? Funny. What else do you believe in? Leprechauns? Free will? Hobbits?
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 14, 2015 at 6:10 pm
(July 13, 2015 at 1:37 am)ignoramus Wrote: Some scientist once said: the deeper you look, the more complicated it becomes.
Some other religio said: This is as far as God wants us to go.

My take is : we are hitting the boundaries of the VR sandbox.
The day we prove we are in a VR is the day we break free from it...
Not even sure if we will like what we find.
There have been many blows to mankind's ego over the centuries.
This one may be the most humbling....

That is the million dollar question what is there outside of the VR. 
Then the next thing would be if die in the VR what is death does this mean were dead?
Then the next million dollar question who or what is the true self. If this is a VR world and or 
simulation that means the true self isn't in this world but outside of it hooked up to who knows
what. Then the other problem with that would be do we even have a true self at all meaning are we
or are we not A.I. that would be the one question we would want to find out.
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 14, 2015 at 6:20 pm
(July 12, 2015 at 11:31 pm)JuliaL Wrote: Where is Alex K when you need a better explanation.

Changing diapers and going 'awww' every couple minutes
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 14, 2015 at 6:21 pm
if there is no reality until we observe it, who was there to observe the planets cooling?
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 14, 2015 at 6:28 pm
(July 14, 2015 at 6:21 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: if there is no reality until we observe it, who was there to observe the planets cooling?

^let's not say god but if were in a VR simulation the guy typing behind a keyboard i suppose.
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 15, 2015 at 5:38 am
then who's observing the guy behind the keyboard?? Huh
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 15, 2015 at 6:41 am (This post was last modified: July 15, 2015 at 6:42 am by robvalue.)
This is a simulation. If I try and add 75%c to 50%c I get a buffer overflow error and it defaults to 100%c.

Also the "fog of war" regarding quantum mechanics; it doesn't load in what actually happens until something needs to know, to save processing power.

It's obviously a simulation. And I'd also like the difficulty turned down please. Or up, whatever.
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 15, 2015 at 9:44 am (This post was last modified: July 15, 2015 at 9:44 am by Alex K.)
Concerning the OP, can I ask for the meaning of words again, please? What is the dfference of reality existing and not existing - what do these things mean? I have no idea, actually, but I think I can safely say that it is not a question of physics...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 15, 2015 at 10:01 am
(July 13, 2015 at 1:44 am)excitedpenguin Wrote: You reject God yet you believe in the idea of consciousness? Funny. What else do you believe in? Leprechauns? Free will? Hobbits?

No consciousness, eh? I suppose your asshole decided to type these words out?
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RE: Reality doesn't exist until we observe it.
July 15, 2015 at 10:42 am
(July 15, 2015 at 9:44 am)Alex K Wrote: Concerning the OP, can I ask for the meaning of words again, please? What is the dfference of reality existing and not existing - what do these things mean? I have no idea, actually, but I think I can safely say that it is not a question of physics...

did you see the links i posted about this. 

In a lab they were testing particles when they weren't observed they didn't exist and then when they were observed they existed.
here are some links

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/measur...m-universe

http://www.sciencealert.com/reality-does...t-confirms
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