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Aramara Meibi

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Gilrond

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Re: sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim)))))))
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 07:11:18 pm »
This looks like Lisp to me ;) The idea was well illustrated a while ago by Lem in his classic "Cyberiad"
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Re: sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim(sim)))))))
« Reply #2 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?
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