From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 10:13:13 MST
On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> It smells of being just a tad bit too convenient. If the universe
> is that hacked it *has* to be a simulation.
Notice that this observation could only have arisen within about half a
century. Before we simply didn't have the concepts. We have no reason to
believe we are privileged observers, save that we're within touching
distance of Big Things. (Unfortunately, I do not expect to see the Big
Things in person, the beginnings of them, maybe).
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