Re: Simulation argument and Occam's razor

From: Stathis Papaioannou (stathisp@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2007 - 03:46:20 MDT


On 29/08/2007, Ricardo Barreira <rbarreira@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do not discount the possibility that there is a hole/bug in the
> simulation which allows us to see and/or affect the outside world, or
> at least know that there is one. That's something that a FAI could
> help us find.

Then it becomes a testable theory. This is different in kind, not just
in degree, from a *perfect* simulation.

-- 
Stathis Papaioannou


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