Bostromisms Re: Global warming is fearmongering brainwashingFUD

[Brian Atkins]

Gordon Mohr wrote:
> 
> Eugene Leitl writes:
> >
> > Moreover, of what relevance is us being simulation or not, if the other
> > layers and players are not observable? If you stub a toe, it still hurts
> > like the dickens.
> 
> Bostrom's paper specifically disclaims any prescriptive implications
> for daily living. So would I, but I will offer the following personal
> observations:
>   - To the extent I find the argument plausible, my own existential
>     worries abate somewhat, the same way I suppose devout believers
>     in other religions often find it reassuring to believe that "it
>     is all in the hands of a higher power".
>   - The ironic "meta-goal" of some games and practical jokes is to
>     discover that you are in fact playing a game or subject to a
>     contrived situation. So I have this wry fear that if I ever
>     100% believe this theory, the curtains will be lifted. :)
> 

I know 'gene has seen this before- How to live in a simulation:

http://hanson.gmu.edu/lifeinsim.html
-- 
Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/