X-Message-Number: 13681 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:43:38 +0100 The missing workload could be due to incompetence redundancy we are already in the simulation or it is simply the way the universe works. If the purpose of the entire universe is to generate consciousness, then all the billions of years that have preceded humanity with a backdrop of units of animal life tearing each other apart in order to feed seem part of that process. Maybe god is too lazy to build anything piece by piece - instead he uses evolution to develop consciousness and after consciousness emerges, directed evolution, such as what we are seeing now with the cryonics, life extension and Immortalist movements. The universe cannot be truly conscious unless it develops immortal consciousness. Transmitting ideas between mortal units of consciousness using writing isn't quite the same thing. Almost, but not quite. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, my singles club for people in Cornwall, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://geocities.yahoo.com/longevityrpt ----- Original Message ----- From: CryoNet <> To: <> Sent: 04 May 2000 10:00 > Message #13675 > From: "John Clark" <> > Subject: Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse > Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:28:35 -0400 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13681