Posted: Nov 08, 2017 1:25 pm
Mike_L wrote:Three days ago...Physicists Confirm That We’re Not Living In a Computer Simulation
Scientists have discovered that it’s impossible to model the physics of our universe on even the biggest computer.
What that means is that we’re probably not living in a computer simulation.
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Full article at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/physicists-confirm-that-were-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation/
Also, in Newsweek:
ARE WE LIVING IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION? SCIENTISTS PROVE ELON MUSK WRONG...
http://www.newsweek.com/are-we-living-computer-simulation-scientists-prove-elon-musk-wrong-677251
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But then, just yesterday...Sorry, Scientists Didn't Prove We're Not Living in a Simulation
Despite what you may have read, the 'simulation question' remains unanswered.
By Avery Thompson
Is the whole universe one big computer program? Nobody really knows. But if you read some news stories this week you might be excused in thinking we've got it all sorted out. Many news outlets reported on a scientific article recently published in the journal Science Advances as proof that our universe is not a simulation. However, the truth is a little more complicated.
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Full article at:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/news/a28505/scientists-dont-prove-were-not-living-in-a-simulation/
Depends on what you regard as "proof". The computer simulaton claim is clearly less parsimonious than the counter-claim that we are NOT living in a simulation, because the former requires beings that are much more advanced than us to create the simulation, yet there is no evidence for their existence.