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Topic: What if we really did live in a simulation?

Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #65,192

Who is God?

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #807,062

a simulation of what

brie !iFDoautiSM joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 56 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,064

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
A simulation of a simulation inside of another giant simulation.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 53 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,076

@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)

I read that there is a concensus we are

Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 21 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,086

What can you do.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 10 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,142

the problem of the simulation is that the simulation is not the original that it is modelled after, it is merely a simulation.
for instance, a robot could simulate the outward being of an animal, but inspection of the insides reveals that it is something else entirely, and only matches superficially

the question that must follow is, what does this simulation not have that the original does have
how are their insides different

Anonymous E replied with this 9 years ago, 11 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,238

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

A hypothetical robot could very well simulate the organs and working insides of an animal, although at that point the use of the term robot becomes fuzzy.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,258

@previous (E)

> A hypothetical robot could very well simulate the organs and working insides of an animal, although at that point the use of the term robot becomes fuzzy.

if you have simulated the organs, then look more closely. is the cellular structure simulated? is the molecular structure? at some point you must discover the substrate upon which the simulation is built. if the so-called simulation is identical to that which is being simulated, then what you have is more properly called a duplicate.

Anonymous E replied with this 9 years ago, 48 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,269

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

Yes you are correct, the resolution of a simulation is not infinite! details will be fuzzy and the simulation breaks down!
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