Dec 23, 2012 — New research takes on the question: "Are you a simulation?" It's a question some, including commentator Adam Frank, enjoy with a sense of humor. Others aren't sure they even want to now the answer.
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Wait, Maybe We Are Living In A Simulation
by Adam Frank
Dec 23, 2012 — New research takes on the question: "Are you a simulation?" It's a question some, including commentator Adam Frank, enjoy with a sense of humor. Others aren't sure they even want to now the answer.A month or so ago, I wrote a post asking if everything we experience is nothing more than the result of a giant simulation run by super-advanced aliens.
"That's crazy!", some folks responded. "What are you smoking?"
Now a team of physicists at the University of Washington have announced research that might just be able to answer the simulation question (well, maybe get a start on answering that question).
The key is looking for constraints on the physics we experience that might come from it being nothing more than a program.
Who knows? Maybe a simulated universe with a simulated Santa might even be possible.
Here is the link to a story on the research. Enjoy, my fellow self-aware programs!
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