tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post2116939130402139517..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Living in a simulationSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-55134579941685607012007-12-31T16:57:00.000-05:002007-12-31T16:57:00.000-05:00Do you think an orc in WOW knows how often the sys...Do you think an orc in WOW knows how often the system crashes? :-)Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-74224828024909835162007-12-31T13:34:00.000-05:002007-12-31T13:34:00.000-05:00I worked for years as a QA in the software industr...I worked for years as a QA in the software industry... <BR/><BR/>... and I have this pet theory: people with a background in programming have a tendency to overrate the power of programming. It's no coincidence that writers who visualize awesome computing are into computers. The-World-Is-A-Simulation is the coder's wet dream.<BR/><BR/>People with a background in QA have a tendency to think that A.R.Yngvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972668378286177600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65390323008568016062007-08-14T17:50:00.000-04:002007-08-14T17:50:00.000-04:00Gott is a fantastic classroom teacher, btw. Somet...Gott is a fantastic classroom teacher, btw. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think I'm the only person who has realized why the Singularity won't happen: society is not stable if god-like technology is granted to all (or even a large number) of its members. Think about it: if you gave, say, 10% of the world's population their own nuclear weapons or bioweapons, do you think civilization is a stable fixedDouglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46851113304011637662007-08-14T09:54:00.000-04:002007-08-14T09:54:00.000-04:00I don't see any contradiction. If we live in a sim...I don't see any contradiction. If we live in a simulation we are *typical* of the most common type of sentient being (artificial). That is consistent with Gott's hypothesis that we *do not* live at a special time (i.e., the first or last 2.5% of human history). Of course, if we are in a simulation what we see around us may have little to do with actual human history.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36960236995070883832007-08-14T09:46:00.000-04:002007-08-14T09:46:00.000-04:00How can we reconcile this with the Doomsday argume...How can we reconcile this with the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument" REL="nofollow">Doomsday argument</A>, though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com