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Simulation Hypotheses

Posted on February 5, 2018 by PlatoHagel

The simulation hypothesis proposes that all of reality, including the earth and the universe, is in fact an artificial simulation, most likely a computer simulation. Some versions rely on the development of a simulated reality, a proposed technology that would … Continue reading →

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Further on Base Reality

Posted on June 15, 2016 by PlatoHagel

Just trying to see the context of possibilities under a paradigmatic viewing of a simulation of Space and Time. 3. Wheeler. His phrase “It from Bit” implies that at a deep level, everything is information. “Physicists have now returned to … Continue reading →

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Base Reality?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by PlatoHagel

Elon Musk, “There’s a one in billions chance we’re in base reality” Written by Jason Koebler, Motherboard. “The strongest argument for us being in a simulation, probably being in a simulation is the following: 40 years ago, we had pong, … Continue reading →

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Is Reality a Virtual Simulation?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by PlatoHagel

To my mind there must be, at the bottom of it all, not an equation, but an utterly simple idea. And to me that idea, when we finally discover it, will be so compelling, so inevitable, that we will say … Continue reading →

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A Universe on the Other Side

Posted on November 25, 2013 by PlatoHagel

 “I think people thought that the universe was smaller, yet discoveries in the last century have found there are black holes everywhere, billions of black holes in our universe and each may produce a universe on the other side, like … Continue reading →

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Generalizations on, It from Bit

Posted on May 3, 2013 by PlatoHagel

I know there is an essay question going on and I thought it might quite the challenge indeed to wonder and construct from a layman standpoint some of the ideas that are emerging from the challenge. The past century in … Continue reading →

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Generalizatons on:" It From Bit" Part 2

Posted on May 3, 2013 by PlatoHagel

John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein’s vision of a unified field theory. He is also known as the coiner of … Continue reading →

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Reality is Information?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

ARE YOU LIVING IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION?BY NICK BOSTROM This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman … Continue reading →

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Digital Physics

Posted on May 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

In physics and cosmology, digital physics is a collection of theoretical perspectives based on the premise that the universe is, at heart, describable by information, and is therefore computable. Therefore, the universe can be conceived as either the output of … Continue reading →

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