X-Message-Number: 8122 Date: 22 Apr 97 01:46:19 EDT From: "Robert C. Ettinger" <> Subject: CRYONICS simulated scientists A bit more about simulation problems: Suppose a programmer sets up a simulated world with a complete population of simulated people--but the programmer does not have a full and accurate knowledge of all the laws of physics (which will almost certainly be the case for a long time to come). Now what happens when the simulated scientists do their simulated experiments? Certain observations and results that would be available in the original world will not be available in the simulation. In addition, possible anomalies in the axioms ("laws") of the simulation may be revealed. In either case, the simulation will quickly deviate sharply from the original, and in the latter case the system may crash. Robert Ettinger Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8122