Cosmic rays offer clue our universe could be a computer simulation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 904314 Canada 02/06/2013 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While using a computer simulation as their metaphor sounds flashy, that's probably not a very good idea on account of how gullible people in general are.. They should stick with the harder to understand but more likely notion that the universe is some kind of "projection" on the surface of a massive blackhole in some other universe. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6493463 United States 02/07/2013 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If recent measurements of cosmic ray particles are correct, then we may have the first evidence that the universe as we know it is really a giant computer simulation. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1490522 Humans have explored the laws of our universe for many years now, and it's not uncommon to hear people talk about how amazing it is that certain fundamental values are just right for life to exist. Some people have wondered if that's because the whole universe is actually some kind of sandbox simulation, and we're merely characters in some cosmic game of The Sims. If that's true, then there should be a point where we start to bump up against the edges of the simulator, like Jim Carrey's character escaping from The Truman Show -- and now a team of physicists think that a particular measurement of some cosmic ray particles might be the first such indication of one of those edges. The idea that we might be living in an artificial reality constructed by something higher than ourselves has been a recurring philosophical hypothesis for centuries. Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Descartes' evil demon, Putnam's brain in a vat -- these are all variants of justifications for solipsism, a philosophical idea that says it's impossible to know with any certainty whether the world as we experience it is "real" or a simulation projected by some external entity. Keanu Reeves' character Neo in The Matrix opts for a dose of reality when he chooses to take the red pill, but figuring out whether our universe is "real" or not is a touch more complicated than that. [link to www.wired.co.uk] The problem with this kind of account is that it doesn't solve anything. If WE are created by a superior being, then who created the superior being? You still haven't explained the fundamental mystery of existence. |
TheGirlinBlack
User ID: 33867288 Canada 02/07/2013 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I get how this could be a possibility, but we've barely scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the Universe. In the grand scheme of things, we don't know shit. "I stand before the Sun, rise up and see the shape of things to come. It's all the same, it's all the same, it's all the same..." - Coil __________________________ My Lord, Whose Home Is Water, grant Me the patience and strength to teach Myself the wisdom You bring. Keep Me steady, and please bless Me with serenity. By You, Your Sons, and Mine, I swear I will teach others the wisdom and magick You bestow. Bring Us all Peace, Love and Long Life. We Are Kings. Amen |