Physicist finds computer code embedded in the equations of how universe works

cassius said:
This shit can drive you crazy. I was a physics major for my first two years of college. The summer after my sophomore year I transferred to the University of Colorado and attended a summer course on quantum many-body systems at the Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. That summer seriously fucked me up and I eventually switched majors and separated myself to remain sane. The potential implications of some prevailing theories are absolutely mind blowing. Thanks OP, now I'm going to be hold up in my room with an oz of green for a month. :crap:
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Good stuff, any time

Maybe you could understand his original article then?

http://arxiv.org/pdf/0806.0051v1.pdf
 


lukep said:
Dear Coder of my universe:

I hope you found all our lives fun to watch and play with. Some fools here would no doubt like to thank you for our entire existence...

However us smarter sims do not stand with those sheeple... So go fuck yourself for creating all the pain we experience in your shitty program.

This song was intended for you:

All Things Dull and Ugly (song) - YouTube
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You're welcome.
 
dchuk said:
humans have an uncanny ability to identify patterns in randomness
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I remember listening to this before but I saw the youtube picture and was hoping it was Riley Martin

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbomSqq1gaE"]Howard Stern Prank Alien Calls - YouTube[/ame]
 
Too advanced for most people to understand, and that's what makes this kind of whackado (or maybe he is the smartest man on earth ... ) different from the guy on Shark Tank who wanted to mine gold with hurricanes - anyone can understand that is crap and why, few understand the WHY part of this being crap.
 
After watching the video in the OP, I think the strongest argument for myself was the clip at the very end. I 100% believe all of the following:

1) Consciousness is a result of data being processed (i.e. our brain processes data input in the form of sight, smell, touch, taste, sound, etc.)

2) There is nothing magical about our brain, and at some point we will be able to reproduce exactly what it does in the form of a computer.

3) At that point, we will essentially be able to create consciousness "from nothing." That is to say, we will be able to run simulations of life in general.

4) Those simulations we create will be "virtual" universes, and there will be "people" in those universes that are "conscious" and unaware that they are part of a simulation.

5) At that point, since the number of simulated universes will greatly outnumber real life (like the guy in the video said), it's extremely unlikely that we are real.

Fuck my life...

Actually, this is sort of awesome. If you believe that theory, it could lead to a better life because you know this is "just a simulation." Carpe fucking diem!

Somebody correct me if I've left a gap in my logic, or if one of those points are invalid. The only way to invalidate it, that I can forsee, are arguments of religion (i.e. that our brain/existence *IS* "magical").

I now seem to have given myself only two possible outlooks on life: religion or simulation (and I've considered myself agnostic for years)

EDIT: The only thing holding me up from fully believing we are a simulation is that if time and space (the *real* time/space, assuming there is one -- otherwise this whole thought process is pointless) are infinite, then there are also infinite "real" universes. If there are infinite real universes and infinite simulated universes, then which is more likely that we are part of? Is it an equal chance?
 
lschmidt said:
After watching the video in the OP, I think the strongest argument for myself was the clip at the very end. I 100% believe all of the following:

1) Consciousness is a result of data being processed (i.e. our brain processes data input in the form of sight, smell, touch, taste, sound, etc.)

2) There is nothing magical about our brain, and at some point we will be able to reproduce exactly what it does in the form of a computer.

3) At that point, we will essentially be able to create consciousness "from nothing." That is to say, we will be able to run simulations of life in general.

4) Those simulations we create will be "virtual" universes, and there will be "people" in those universes that are "conscious" and unaware that they are part of a simulation.

5) At that point, since the number of simulated universes will greatly outnumber real life (like the guy in the video said), it's extremely unlikely that we are real.

Fuck my life...

Actually, this is sort of awesome. If you believe that theory, it could lead to a better life because you know this is "just a simulation." Carpe fucking diem!

Somebody correct me if I've left a gap in my logic, or if one of those points are invalid. The only way to invalidate it, that I can forsee, are arguments of religion (i.e. that our brain/existence *IS* "magical").

I now seem to have given myself only two possible outlooks on life: religion or simulation (and I've considered myself agnostic for years)

EDIT: The only thing holding me up from fully believing we are a simulation is that if time and space (the *real* time/space, assuming there is one -- otherwise this whole thought process is pointless) are infinite, then there are also infinite "real" universes. If there are infinite real universes and infinite simulated universes, then which is more likely that we are part of? Is it an equal chance?
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BUT, if I entertain the possibility that we are simulated, then how the fuck would I know whether *real* time/space is infinite at all? I can't make any assumptions about the *real* universe. Shit. Hmm...

I suppose the only conclusion from all of this thought is just to keep on doing what I normally do...
 
lschmidt said:
After watching the video in the OP, I think the strongest argument for myself was the clip at the very end. I 100% believe all of the following:

1) Consciousness is a result of data being processed (i.e. our brain processes data input in the form of sight, smell, touch, taste, sound, etc.)

2) There is nothing magical about our brain, and at some point we will be able to reproduce exactly what it does in the form of a computer.

3) At that point, we will essentially be able to create consciousness "from nothing." That is to say, we will be able to run simulations of life in general.

4) Those simulations we create will be "virtual" universes, and there will be "people" in those universes that are "conscious" and unaware that they are part of a simulation.

5) At that point, since the number of simulated universes will greatly outnumber real life (like the guy in the video said), it's extremely unlikely that we are real.

Fuck my life...

Actually, this is sort of awesome. If you believe that theory, it could lead to a better life because you know this is "just a simulation." Carpe fucking diem!

Somebody correct me if I've left a gap in my logic, or if one of those points are invalid. The only way to invalidate it, that I can forsee, are arguments of religion (i.e. that our brain/existence *IS* "magical").

I now seem to have given myself only two possible outlooks on life: religion or simulation (and I've considered myself agnostic for years)

EDIT: The only thing holding me up from fully believing we are a simulation is that if time and space (the *real* time/space, assuming there is one -- otherwise this whole thought process is pointless) are infinite, then there are also infinite "real" universes. If there are infinite real universes and infinite simulated universes, then which is more likely that we are part of? Is it an equal chance?
Click to expand...

BUT, if I entertain the possibility that we are simulated, then how the fuck would I know whether *real* time/space is infinite at all? I can't make any assumptions about the *real* universe. Shit. Hmm...

I suppose the only conclusion from all of this thought is just to keep on doing what I normally do. Because if we are simulated, or if we are not -- does it matter?
 
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