Talk:Simulated reality
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[edit] ID or creationism
Can we count this as a form of either?--Nate River 20:53, 31 December 2008 (EST)
- Probably not, unless you can actually explain what you mean? ħuman
00:34, 18 January 2009 (EST)
If our universe is a simulation, something must have created it. Could that not be considered a form of creationism? and if we were designed with set parameters, could that not be intelligent design?--Nate River 00:41, 18 January 2009 (EST)
- Creationism has a fairly specific meaning, relating to the creation of the universe (I.E. the entirety of everything), usually by a deity. If what we perceive to be the universe transpired to be something created by other beings, those would still exist within the actual universe, so the question of how the universe itself was created would remain unanswered. Wěǎšěǐǒǐď
Methinks it is a Weasel 00:51, 18 January 2009 (EST)
Is this really a theory that people actually believe in (as the text says), or is it more of a thought experiment, or just a synopsis of The Matrix? Wěǎšěǐǒǐď
Methinks it is a Weasel 00:46, 18 January 2009 (EST)
- Sounds to me like someone is just a bit enamored of The Matrix. May I recommend Cronenberg's eXistenZ? And to answer W, no, no one actually "believes" this. It's deletable tripe. ħuman
00:51, 18 January 2009 (EST)
- I'm actually not a fan of the Matrix. To me, though, this makes just a little more sense than YEC, which I find completely bonkers.--Nate River 00:56, 18 January 2009 (EST)
- OK, I guess I see your point. Is their a way to reassemble the words to make the perspective clearer? Like, rewrite some of it? In a way that says "here's a silly idea, and why it is almost as bonkers as YEC"? ħuman
01:09, 18 January 2009 (EST)
- OK, I guess I see your point. Is their a way to reassemble the words to make the perspective clearer? Like, rewrite some of it? In a way that says "here's a silly idea, and why it is almost as bonkers as YEC"? ħuman
- I'm actually not a fan of the Matrix. To me, though, this makes just a little more sense than YEC, which I find completely bonkers.--Nate River 00:56, 18 January 2009 (EST)