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Is our universe FAKE? Physicists claim we could all be the playthings of an advanced civilisation
dailymail ^ | 4 August 2015 | Ellie Zolfagharifard

Posted on 08/04/2015 6:57:14 PM PDT by dennisw

Physicists say there is a possibility that our world is merely a simulation They claim there may be evidence of this if only we know where to look For instance, some of the laws of physics may not quite add up, they say

The year is 2050 and super-intelligent robots have taken over the planet.

Except you have no idea, because you're living in a computer simulation, depicting what life was like in 2015.

Everything you see and touch right now has been created by robotic overlords who are using humanity as playthings in their virtual game.

That's the radical theory put forward by a number of scientists over the years, who claim there is a possibility that our world as we know it is fake.

He notes that, according to Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom, the scenario played out in the film, The Matrix, could be a reality.

But 'instead of having brains in vats that are fed by sensory inputs from a simulator, the brains themselves would also be part of the simulation,' said Bostrom.

'It would be one big computer program simulating everything, including human brains down to neurons and synapses.'

Kuhn also points out how physical laws are sets of computational processes, with patterns in nature revealing an inherent, intentional model.

Marvin Minsky, a founder of artificial intelligence, told Kuhn it would be very difficult to distinguish that you're in a computer simulation.

That is, he says, 'unless the programmer has made some slips — if you notice that some laws of physics aren't quite right, [or] f you find rounding-off errors.'

Several years ago, Silas Beane of the University of Bonn suggested, like Minsky, that there may be signs that we are living in a simulation.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: aquarianconspiracy; conspiracytheory; diffractionscale; faithandphilosophy; fermilab; hologram; holographicblurring; holographicprinciple; holographicuniverse; informationflux; interferometer; interferometry; karlpribram; marilynferguson; neildegrassetyson; planck; stringtheory; wavelengthcarrier; xplanets
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1 posted on 08/04/2015 6:57:14 PM PDT by dennisw
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READ MORE DETAIL HERE>>>>>>

Is Our Universe a Fake?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, creator and host, “Closer To Truth” | July 31, 2015 06:00pm ET
http://www.space.com/30124-is-our-universe-a-fake.html


2 posted on 08/04/2015 6:58:38 PM PDT by dennisw (Useful)
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To: dennisw

Twilight Zone is alive and well in their heads.


3 posted on 08/04/2015 6:59:18 PM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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Theoretical speculation is always fun.

I'll go with the Biblical story.

I'm just old-fashioned.

4 posted on 08/04/2015 7:00:42 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)
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Sounds like some frat guys smoking dope.


5 posted on 08/04/2015 7:01:41 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: dennisw

Take the red pill and see how far the rabbit hole goes...

Morpheus...the Matrix 1999


6 posted on 08/04/2015 7:01:57 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: PROCON

Well, if true, we should be more heavily pursuing happiness.


7 posted on 08/04/2015 7:02:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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8 posted on 08/04/2015 7:04:06 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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Prep for a Grant request!!


9 posted on 08/04/2015 7:04:39 PM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: dennisw

Our universe is a poseur?


10 posted on 08/04/2015 7:04:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Is our universe FAKE? Physicists claim we could all be the playthings of an advanced civilization.

If one admits that as a possibility, one must also admit the possibility that we could be the invention of a supernatural being that we may as well call "God."

Which just coincidentally is the situation that's described in the Bible, with Jesus, and Noah, and all the rest.

I mean, as long as we're "claiming" things...

11 posted on 08/04/2015 7:05:34 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” ― George Orwell
12 posted on 08/04/2015 7:05:41 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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If that’s true, 2015 is a pretty shitty simulation. Can we do 1964 instead ?


13 posted on 08/04/2015 7:05:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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I know we’re not in the matrix because no sane designer would make Obammy president.


14 posted on 08/04/2015 7:07:13 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Diogenesis

Xeelee! Stephan Baxter.


15 posted on 08/04/2015 7:07:34 PM PDT by theneanderthal
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To: dennisw

Obama is their biggest joke so far...


16 posted on 08/04/2015 7:07:53 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Kuhn also points out how physical laws are sets of computational processes, with patterns in nature revealing an inherent, intentional model.

Gee... I think that theory has already been covered.
17 posted on 08/04/2015 7:07:56 PM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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18 posted on 08/04/2015 7:08:20 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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They call it God. Nuff said


19 posted on 08/04/2015 7:08:35 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: dennisw

That would explain a lot.


20 posted on 08/04/2015 7:10:04 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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