• Is Reality Real?
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But Newton's Law of Motion states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction, meaning that something has to cause something to happen. Fire doesn't happen without a spark, and smoke doesn't happen without a fire, and a camper doesn't camp unless two single parents on drugs raise a pussy to play Modern Warfare 3. [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] poetry in motion [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] almost as if people didn't watch the video
Awesome
cool guy
[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;48023675]But Newton's Law of Motion states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction, meaning that something has to cause something to happen. Fire doesn't happen without a spark, and smoke doesn't happen without a fire, and a camper doesn't camp unless two single parents on drugs raise a pussy to play Modern Warfare 3. [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] poetry in motion [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] almost as if people didn't watch the video[/QUOTE] Pretty sure he meant 4.7x^2
This channel is amazing.
This video has made me question my very existence.
So this guy is basically explaining highly intelligent ideas to COD players. Give a medal to this man.
[QUOTE=VOSK;48024731]This video has made me question my very existence.[/QUOTE] I have done that since I was a child. Jesus christ what button do I press to enter the menu and quit this awful pay to win MMO
If that's true, it would explain multiverse theory.
Our universe is probably some early access sim that stopped getting updates, that's why we have to put up with so many bugs and unexplainable stuff.
Would it be possible for one universe to spring from the singularity of a black hole in another universe? but the bottom line is, we just have no way of proving or disproving that– we have no means of observation. so far, the way we've looked back in time to as far as fractions of seconds after the big bang is because we can look spatially through time (as in, farther and farther away from us in the universe is farther and farther back in time) and the thing about planes of existence is well we might see something like a "hum" because at a quantum level, if we could look at everything on a quantum level like we look at things in our macro level, we'd see the gross lumpy spacetime called quantum foam, so, we can't imagine the smooth rubber sheet of spacetime that planets bend with their gravity for quantum things it becomes different at that level, it gets lumpy and swirly and hard to understand as are many quantum things. I mean I read an article a few years ago that basically did an experiment to determine if our universe could possibly be a computer simulation one of the criterion was if there were set limits to things in our reality, we konw the speed of light is like the ultimate speed limit, so that criteria was pretty fulfilled. [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] In a public discussion with Neil deGrasse Tyson, String Theory Physicist, Dr. James Gates, stated that he found self-correcting computer error code embedded within the fundamental structure of String Theory, which made him "question if (he) was living in the Matrix." [14] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis[/url] Also his thing about holograms don't think this will answer it, but you know that as 3D beings, we essentially observe things in 2D but make corrections with our brain? well 4D organisms would see in 3D and so on in theory
man I just shit my pants..
I remember reading up on this debate some time ago, and recall that someone said that it is "impossible" to simulate irrational numbers like Pi.
If we are in a computer, can someone give me a trainer?
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;48026029]If we are in a computer, can someone give me a trainer?[/QUOTE]Alright, done. Try jumping off the nearest bridge, you should be able to fly now.
But all of this works on the assumption that there aren't just other intelligent lifeforms out there but there are thousands and thousands of them. We could very well be the only intelligent life in the entire universe.
Even if this were just theoretical, it's downright fucking scary.
[QUOTE=Scot;48026366] We could very well be the only intelligent life in the entire universe.[/QUOTE] No, no we really couldnt.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;48026711]No, no we really couldnt.[/QUOTE] At the current time we could. Civilizations don't live forever. There is a possibility that the last planet that had life died and for now we are the only one. Compared to the universe, earth is fairly new, what makes it impossible for some other civilization to be born and die before we even happened? Either space does not currently hold life smarter than us or there simply isn't any besides us at this moment.
[QUOTE=Scot;48026366]But all of this works on the assumption that there aren't just other intelligent lifeforms out there but there are thousands and thousands of them. We could very well be the only intelligent life in the entire universe.[/QUOTE] Even if there is no other intelligent lifeform in the universe the argument holds. Assuming that mankind will reach the technological capability to simulate our evolutionary history or that of our planet, there will be more "simulated humans" than "original humans" so to speak, which would mean that you're more likely to live in a simulated world than the original("real") one.
[QUOTE=Bubz;48025832]In a public discussion with Neil deGrasse Tyson, String Theory Physicist, Dr. James Gates, stated that he found self-correcting computer error code embedded within the fundamental structure of String Theory, which made him "question if (he) was living in the Matrix." [14] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis[/url][/QUOTE] Take a look here for a brief discussion of Gates' claims are a bit overblown: [url]http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/83117/is-this-pseudo-science-or-real-code-found-in-superstring[/url] [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] My bet is that Gates knows this and said it for dramatic effect, though. He's a smart dude. He has his physics PhD from MIT and his doctoral thesis was the first one at MIT on supersymmetry.
[QUOTE=Bumbanut;48026094]Alright, done. Try jumping off the nearest bridge, you should be able to fly now.[/QUOTE] I tried that and found a bug, now I'm taking fall damage all the time.
[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;48023675]But Newton's Law of Motion states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction, meaning that something has to cause something to happen. Fire doesn't happen without a spark, and smoke doesn't happen without a fire, and a camper doesn't camp unless two single parents on drugs raise a pussy to play Modern Warfare 3. [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] poetry in motion [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] almost as if people didn't watch the video[/QUOTE] You know that guy that repeats the comedian after the comedian makes a joke? [url=http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=chappelle]Like the people who wouldn't shut up with saying "I'm Rick James Bitch" after Dave Chapelle did it?[/url] That's you. No one needs you to regurgitate Camper Killer.
We found it, the best method of teaching advanced topics to kids in school. But seriously, that's really cool to think about.
I've had this type of an idea for as long as I can remember. When I was younger (3-7) I would very frequently experience an extremely weird sensation like I was completely detached from reality. It was confusing. It made my head hurt a lot. It just felt so strange. All of my experiences when feeling this weren't just a thought, it was an actual sensation. Like a state of physical being. It was really, really weird. I quit feeling that stuff when I got older (around 8). I'm pretty glad I quit feeling those sensations. Words can't describe what it felt like. I always tried to comprehend that feeling by comparing life to a video game. A pre-determined path, with pre-determined values and constants. I tried discussing this concept that reality is just a computer simulation to some of my friends in school but they all thought I was crazy. I didn't even know that type of an idea was something grounded in science.
[QUOTE=haloguy234;48029239]I've had this type of an idea for as long as I can remember. When I was younger (3-7) I would very frequently experience an extremely weird sensation like I was completely detached from reality. It was confusing. It made my head hurt a lot. It just felt so strange. All of my experiences when feeling this weren't just a thought, it was an actual sensation. Like a state of physical being. It was really, really weird. I quit feeling that stuff when I got older (around 8). I'm pretty glad I quit feeling those sensations. Words can't describe what it felt like. I always tried to comprehend that feeling by comparing life to a video game. A pre-determined path, with pre-determined values and constants. I tried discussing this concept that reality is just a computer simulation to some of my friends in school but they all thought I was crazy. I didn't even know that type of an idea was something grounded in science.[/QUOTE] I remember when I got into theoretical physics in my early high school years, I started hearing predictions that within two decades, the field of computing would have enough ability to simulate a complex universe like the one we are in. I thought, as soon as that happens, it almost guarantees that we ourselves are in a simulation.
Both posters above me are crazy.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;48029470]Both posters above me are crazy.[/QUOTE] Well, you can't even prove to me that you exist and are not just a construct created by me. And sure, you may even say, "but I'm here, and if everything is just your imagination, how come tables don't run coffee shops?" The answer I have for you, in the event everything is just a figment of my own thought, is that I simply do not wish them to. Or perhaps my subconscious adheres to a strict set of rules.
So we are actually in the Matrix.
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