From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Aug 31 1996 - 13:21:47 MDT
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, David Musick wrote:
> Am I an upload, living in a virtual world?
Would an answer really help? And can we ever be sure about it?
I prefer to avoid ontological questions, but recently I have felt some
attraction to Moravec's "Platonic Materialism": information exists, and
two worlds which are indistinguishable are identical. Simulations just
opens windows to other worlds, and when they end they close. We could in a
way be *both* living in real life and in the great
"history-of-the-universe-passes-before-your-eyes" finale of the Omega
Point.
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