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- drgss0
Kurt Gödel's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku... famous proof of God's existence was summarized by Nick Bostrom to prove that we live inside a computer simulation.
The argument is quite simple. Suppose that civilizations of thinking creatures do not perish after reaching some limit of development, but become so extremely powerful that they can build a simulated reality indistinguishable from their own.
Because these simulations have the same evolutionary potential, like the base universe where they are constructed, the inhabitants inside the simulation also evolve to be extremely powerful, and begin to build a following simulation in a series of virtual realities, which are indistinguishable from the previous ones.
So, there is an infinite (or very large) number of nested simulations, one inside the other created over googolplexes of thousands of years.
Our civilization could be either inside the base universe (in which case we have no Gods) or in one of the countless simulations (we have Gods who created us, admins living in the mother universe). Because the base universe is only one and simulations are infinitely many, by the laws of probability we almost certainly
live within a simulation.The evolutionary goal of our universe is to give birth to another universe. For our universe the simplest way is to create a thinking civilization (us, the humanity) which hopefully grows so powerful it can do infinitely advanced computer simulations.
This theory is also useful for explaining human sexuality. According to Lacan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja... sexuality is reduced to transgression -- to the fact that the fundamental object of sexual attraction is everything what is not allowed.
Everyone understands that in a few years, there simply will be no pornography, because 99% of porn will be completely realistic and increasingly improving 3D-animations, and it is already now possible to look at what kind of subjects attract the audience and what our nested virtual reality will be like:
http://www.imagefap.com/gallery/…
http://www.imagefap.com/gallery/…Discuss
- October0
there is no god.
- utopian0
iQ bump
- ribit0
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
http://www.tenthdimension.com/fl…
- moth0
The odd thing about the us being that small, is that it literally seems to make EVERYTHING insignificant. The worst crimes and suffering... can all pass me all by when I see us all as ultimately that pointless and insignificant.
- moth0
I like this thread. I could spend hours blowing my mind with this stuff.
- weldedturkey0
Thats an awesome link BattleAxe. Its amazing how small we are in the world. Feeling so small is such a freeing feeling, because it takes away so much burden...
- utopian0
There are 10 times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand in the world's deserts and beaches, scientists say.
Astronomers have worked out that there are 70 thousand million million million - or seven followed by 22 zeros - stars visible from the Earth through telescopes. The total is said to be the most accurate estimate yet of the number of stars.
- ribit0
The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
- great booksuberdesigner
- great A-Tuin.
possibly the best book series I've ever read. :)
All Hail Pratchettexador1
- uberdesigner0
how many licks in a tootsie pop?
- Nairn0
Video simulation of a descent across a black hole's event horizon.
- Nairn0
Possible link between autism and vinyl.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm…STOP USING VINYL IN YOUR STICKERS AND PROJECTS, PEOPLE!
It's already horrifically environmentally deleterious, now it turns people into designers. Sorry, autists.
- CALLES0
Masturbation could bring hay fever relief for men
Spring is here and with it come the woes of hay fever. Never fear, however, as there may be a quick and pleasurable treatment to clear those bunged noses, for guys at least – a well-timed ejaculation.
- helps a cold too...TheBlueOne
- so you shoot the sperm up your nose then? hmmm....lambsy
- Nairn0
Interesting read on one of my heroes, Freeman Dyson...
- Nairn0
This thread turned to shit pretty quick.
- mistermik0
A gentleman is mostly likely to fart first thing in the morning, while in the bathroom. This is known as "morning thunder," and if the gentleman gets good resonance, it can be heard throughout the household.