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user-inactivated  ·  2856 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elon Musk thinks we live in a simulated universe

I don't think so, this is not a brain in a vat being fed sensory input but brain and vat and universe being simulated. I think you'd be hard pressed to find something like it prior to the invention of computers, though I half expect Quatrarius to come prove me wrong.





cgod  ·  2855 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seems like a natural extention of the basic idea as the horizon of what's possible has grown.

Quatrarius  ·  2856 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you're confusing me with someone more competent.