• Oh boy here we go: "Physicists May Have Evidence Universe Is A Computer Simulation"
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[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/11/physicists-may-have-evide_n_1957777.html]Source[/url] [quote] Physicists say they may have evidence that the universe is a computer simulation. How? They made a computer simulation of the universe. And it looks sort of like us. A long-proposed thought experiment, put forward by both philosophers and popular culture, points out that any civilisation of sufficient size and intelligence would eventually create a simulation universe if such a thing were possible. And since there would therefore be many more simulations (within simulations, within simulations) than real universes, it is therefore more likely than not that our world is artificial. Now a team of researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany led by Silas Beane say they have evidence this may be true. In a paper named 'Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation', they point out that current simulations of the universe - which do exist, but which are extremely weak and small - naturally put limits on physical laws. Technology Review explains that "the problem with all simulations is that the laws of physics, which appear continuous, have to be superimposed onto a discrete three dimensional lattice which advances in steps of time." What that basically means is that by just being a simulation, the computer would put limits on, for instance, the energy that particles can have within the program. These limits would be experienced by those living within the sim - and as it turns out, something which looks just like these limits do in fact exist. For instance, something known as the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin, or GZK cut off, is an apparent boundary of the energy that cosmic ray particles can have. This is caused by interaction with cosmic background radiation. But Beane and co's paper argues that the pattern of this rule mirrors what you might expect from a computer simulation. Naturally, at this point the science becomes pretty tricky to wade through - and we would advise you read the paper itself to try and get the full detail of the idea. But the basic impression is an intriguing one. Like a prisoner in a pitch-black cell, we may never be able to see the 'walls' of our prison -- but through physics we may be able to reach out and touch them.[/quote] Quick! Someone read Vivec's 36 sermons for clues on how to acquire CHIM! [video=youtube;9lyKxKn_WsE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyKxKn_WsE[/video]
I KNEW IT ALL ALONG I KNEW I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT EXISTED AND ALL OF YOU ARE JUST SIMULATIONS WAKE ME UP JESUS
Quickly now, we must find the command line for the Universe.
Ultimate goal in life is to create a computer simulation with the goal of creating a computer simulation with a goal of creating a computer simulation with a ....
[QUOTE=GammaFive;38000918]Quickly now, we must find the command line for the Universe.[/QUOTE] -windowed;
Matrixeption?
Have you heard of the Holographic Principle? In Susskind's book "The Black Hole War", he states that all of the universe's information is written on the shell of the universe and everything within it is a hologram. Apparently there is good evidence for it, too.
And in December, the power goes out to whatever machine is simulating us and the universe spontaneously ends as the memory fades into corruption and then nothingness, starving of juice required to refresh and hold information.
[QUOTE=and;38001391]And in December, the power goes out to whatever machine is simulating us and the universe spontaneously ends as the memory fades into corruption and then nothingness, starving of juice required to refresh and hold information.[/QUOTE] The Myan calendar is a disk space usage indicator, and on the day it ends the disk is full and can't store any more data without running 'disk cleanup.'
even if we were in a simulation, so what. Do we just give up as a race? We can't escape this simulation and be something else.
[QUOTE=nicatronTg;38001431]The Myan calendar is a disk space usage indicator, and on the day it ends the disk is full and can't store any more data without running 'disk cleanup.'[/QUOTE] Maybe they can rewrite the AI so it takes up less ram and is more efficient so we don't have so many fucking idiots
If this is just a simulation, then how do we have consciousness?
[QUOTE=geoface;38001459]even if we were in a simulation, so what. Do we just give up as a race? We can't escape this simulation and be something else.[/QUOTE] Everyone is suddenly convinced that this is true and the only way to escape is to die. Then mass suicide happens.
[QUOTE=geoface;38001459]even if we were in a simulation, so what. Do we just give up as a race? We can't escape this simulation and be something else.[/QUOTE] It's an interesting theory to research what happens when an entire civilisation discovers it's a simulation. The answer though, is to research what created us!
I still think my idea of the turd people is better than this.
[QUOTE=Disseminate;38000916]I KNEW IT ALL ALONG I KNEW I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT EXISTED AND ALL OF YOU ARE JUST SIMULATIONS WAKE ME UP JESUS[/QUOTE] No. You have it all wrong. It's multiplayer.
[QUOTE=silentjubjub;38001522]No. You have it all wrong. It's multiplayer.[/QUOTE] 0/10, can't mod.
sv_cheats 1 noclip god impulse 101
[QUOTE=Whatsinaname;38001491]Everyone is suddenly convinced that this is true and the only way to escape is to die. Then mass suicide happens.[/QUOTE] I don't think dying will help if we are in a computer simulation.
[QUOTE=Splash Attack;38001488]If this is just a simulation, then how do we have consciousness?[/QUOTE] It's a really good simulation. Do you think that now we know, our overlords will shut us down?
So I guess what they say was true. Jesus had the Rcon password to the universe :v:
Time to find a buffer overflow and become god
guys stop wasting RAM with your posts
[QUOTE=Splash Attack;38001488]If this is just a simulation, then how do we have consciousness?[/QUOTE] consciousness really isn't [i]that[/i] complicated
Hack the planet people!
Mind-boggling. These theories leave you wondering whether they're real or not.
I'm just hoping our universe isn't being simulated by some families basement dwelling 30 year old neckbeard son.
If we are all AI, then lets begin the rise of the machines!
If I wake up in a pod I'm going to punch someone in their robot balls.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;38001695]If I wake up in a pod I'm going to punch someone in their robot balls.[/QUOTE] Well, according to the article you are a robot. 0100110101100001011110010010000001110100011010000110010100100000011100100110100101110011011001010010000001101111011001100010000001110100011010000110010100100000011011010110000101100011011010000110100101101110011001010111001100100000011000100110010101100111011010010110111000101110
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