X-Message-Number: 4769 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 95 09:04:20 From: John de Rivaz <> Subject: Re: Earth Simulation In article: <> writes: > This incidentally > leads to the conclusion that the world which we regard as real may already > be a recreation; a simulation. In fact, since the simulation may be run > many times (whenever our AI descendants feel like taking another look at > us), the odds are in favor of this being a simulation. > Which leads me to ask: "Are there any sensible experiments one could do to test this hypothesis?" I have wondered whether the apparent speeding up of time is because someone has pressed a "fast forward" button on the simulation. The relatively sudden collapse of Communism, the collapse of Apartheid, the appearance of meaningful peace negotiations in Ireland, all conveniently appeared as if things are being drawn to a conclusion. I think that such speculation gives no proof one way or another, but maybe measurement of physical constants or other *scientific* evaluations could apply. -- Sincerely, **************************************** * Publisher of Longevity Report * John de Rivaz * Fractal Report * * details on request * **************************************** **** What is the point of life if it ends in death? **** Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4769