August 14, 2007

Simulations R Us

From the New York Times:

Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University, it never occurred to me that our universe might be somebody else’s hobby. I hadn’t imagined that the omniscient, omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth could be an advanced version of a guy who spends his weekends building model railroads or overseeing video-game worlds like the Sims.

Moo haahahahaha

2 Comments »

  1. I don’t know.

    I figure that if we were in a simulation (despite the evidence that the universe is pixelated), it would crash more, and there would be more to file bug reports about.

    Say, where do we file the bug reports?

    Comment by Walter R. Moore — August 14, 2007 @ 6:57 pm

  2. Say, where do we file the bug reports?

    Our Father, Who art in Heaven….

    ;-)

    Comment by jb — August 14, 2007 @ 7:15 pm

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