http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/weird-science-weekly-may-living-holographic-projection-010534111.html
Cool video - the idea that reality is just a projected hologram from a 2 dimensional surface at the boundaries of space. On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:18 AM, John Berry <berry.joh...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is also possible the universe is just a dream, or a shared > hallucination. > > Maybe all our memories are manufactured and we have not been on this earth > and list for x number of years, we may only have implanted memories and > started 'fresh' this morning. > > Many far out and improbable things can be argued as possible, this sim > argument is no different. > > I am not going to take any of these ideas seriously since none of them > agree with the incredible detail and broadness of the world. > > It only distracts from understanding the world we are in. > > Now we could ask if consciousness comes from dis dimension, at least we > perceive consciousness to exist. As far as existential questions go that > one makes sense. > > John > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> >> From: Eric Walker >> >> Of course, the gamers are risking "exposure" now that A.I. >> is becoming >> closer to reality. A.I. may have developed a life >> (reality) >> of its own which >> clears up everything, and possibly within a few decades. >> >> I think whether the universe is a simulation is >> epistemologically inaccessible, unless things were to start to get really >> weird. >> >> The weirdness could easily be that there is both a “real” universe and >> many >> ongoing simulations, and especially simulations within simulations. Even >> if >> you find the “tell” at one level, you may only advance to the next Sim ! >> >> Whether the individual (us, for instance) can ever figure out multiple >> layering depends on many factors but could easily be impossible, as you >> say >> - since any the Sim can have a automatic mechanism for the untimely >> “demise” >> of a player who is digging too deep. Think Philip K. Dick. >> >> OTOH a few Sims, and maybe our own, could be structured as some kind of >> test >> the aim of which is to see how long it takes the subjects of the >> experiment >> (i.e. “the meat”) to figure out that they are locked into a Sim. >> >> The “untimely demise” mechanism of a Sim is one reason why a large group >> effort would be preferable :-) >> >> At least the “tell” would then be the improbability of the disaster – such >> as that most of the Vortex News Group did not survive Thanksgiving due… >> due >> to… err… tainted turkey? >> >> Remember: the red pill is in the cranberries! >> >> Actually the Matrix films are an example of early house-of-mirrors >> layering >> since any movie is already a Sim on one level. >> >> >> >
