XPost: alt.paranormal, bionet.neuroscience, sci.skeptic   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/3/25 5:07 PM, anthk wrote:   
      
   > Maybe the simulated/computed universe hypotesis isn't that far fetched.   
      
   'Always struck me as kind of "God by another name."   
      
   Instead of saying "God" we say "The programmer."   
      
   Not saying that this falsifies the Simulation thought but, it's   
   important to keep in mind what we're opening the door up to.   
      
   Why I reject the "Simulation" is because nowhere in a simulation   
   would consciousness be required. It seems like a fantastic way   
   to explode resources, requiring the space & computational power   
   to "Simulate" 8 billion conscious minds at a time.   
      
   But, of course, the work around is to say that, sure, *I* am   
   conscious but nobody else is!  You're all shadow beings, reacting   
   interconnected cogs in a machine, and I'm the only conscious   
   entity in existence....   
      
   > That among the 'implicate order theory' from Bohm makes me things that the   
   universe   
   > can be just an expression of information (energy) where matter just 'emerges'   
   > as data emerges from bits in a computer into structured data.   
      
   Like much of what we call science, seems more of a philosophy. Doesn't   
   it?   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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