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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Aramara Meibi on March 27, 2012, 06:48:35 pm

Title: sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim)))))))
Post by: Aramara Meibi on March 27, 2012, 06:48:35 pm

http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

Title: Re: sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim)))))))
Post by: Gilrond on March 27, 2012, 07:11:18 pm

This looks like Lisp to me ;) The idea was well illustrated a while ago by Lem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem) in his classic "Cyberiad" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cyberiad)

Title: Re: sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim)))))))
Post by: Aramara Meibi on March 27, 2012, 08:39:51 pm

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tabletop_roleplaying.png

I like this quote:

"In addition to ancestor-simulations, one may also consider the possibility of more selective simulations that include only a small group of humans or a single individual. The rest of humanity would then be zombies or “shadow-people” – humans simulated only at a level sufficient for the fully simulated people not to notice anything suspicious."

Can you say NPCs?