--- "John G. Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is no way to know if we are living in a nested simulation, or even > > in a > > single simulation. However there is a mathematical model: enumerate all > > Turing machines to find one that simulates a universe with intelligent > > life. > > > > What if that nest of simulations loop around somehow? What was that idea > where there is this new advanced microscope that can see smaller than ever > before and you look into it and see an image of yourself looking into it...
The simulations can't loop because the simulator needs at least as much memory as the machine being simulated. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=98631122-712fa4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
