From: Matt Mahoney (matmahoney@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 17:28:29 MST
--- x@extropica.org wrote:
> In my opinion there is a straightforward argument based on economics
> for why it's unlikely we would exist in someone's simulation. That is
> that extracting meaning is inherently expensive, and like the entropic
> arrow, it will always generally pay better for an agent to look
> forward than behind.
Who said there was "someone" running the simulation?
-- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
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