i am familiar with 'simulation argument', various modes of philosophical/epistemological thinking about the nature of reality and simulation, and the previous replies to this mailing list. so am i prepared to share some brief words about the subject??? X-P
do you ever get the sense that you are [merely] an instance of a (immortal information) template that describes patterns about your DNA (or physical hardware description) and thoughts (software)? in some moments, do you 'wake up' feeling like you've been re-started with a set of initial conditions (which don't necessarily need to relate to any 'real' past experience)? do you ever feel like one of 'The Sims' characters in a multi-dimensional simulation, that has "video" editing controls like play, pause, rewind, save, modify? that reality is not one monolithic continuous chain of events, but rather "simulation fragments" that do not mean anything in relation to each other aside from an "extradimensional" intelligence (our"selves"?) that has "artisitically" designed them? can you understand the concept of determinism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinism), the "block universe model" and "virtual free will" and "no-separate-self" ? how can one defend the position that this "reality" is NOT THE ONLY "ONE"? can every possible reality exists in its own multiverse possibility "branch"? Dr. Keta Meme http://ketameme.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
