Of all man's atifacts, the Universe most resembles a computer model.

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Of all man's atifacts, the Universe most resembles a computer model.

ER — 11/11/2006 6:22:12 PM (archived)

Let's see, change the electron charge/mass ratio and tweak h-bar and resubmit it...

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Delayed synchronicity - ER - 11/11/2006 4:34:02 PM
- ponderings of kindergartener - SDG - 11/14/2006 7:16:04 PM
  - re: ponderings of kindergartener - Lindy - 11/14/2006 8:48:41 PM
    - EVERYBODY is a product of their parents' explorations. (n/t) - ER - 11/14/2006 9:17:02 PM
    - LOL - SDG - 11/14/2006 8:56:23 PM
  - Out of the mouths of babes - ER - 11/14/2006 8:31:28 PM
- Kurzweil's interview on C-SPAN2 Book TV now online - LJK - 11/13/2006 4:30:48 PM
- I read a short story with that premise LONG ago... - R.L. - 11/11/2006 5:40:04 PM
  - "Construction Shack", Clifford D Simak, Short Story, DAW books '74 (n/t) - RNE - 11/13/2006 2:00:15 PM
    - "Delivery" - Fox - 11/15/2006 3:12:07 AM
      - re: "Delivery" - Lindy - 11/15/2006 4:06:51 AM
  - Of all man's atifacts, the Universe most resembles a computer model. - ER - 11/11/2006 6:22:12 PM
    - Think of this... - R.L. - 11/12/2006 5:29:21 AM
      - In languages like C - C Yeti++ - 11/14/2006 4:33:34 PM
        
        re: In languages like C - ER - 11/14/2006 4:37:29 PM
      - re: Think of this... - ER - 11/12/2006 6:35:33 AM
        
        Scientific Anomalies and other Provocative Phenomena - Lindy - 11/15/2006 2:54:20 AM
        
        Only 40,000? - ER - 11/15/2006 5:10:16 AM
        
        re: Only 40,000? - Lindy - 11/15/2006 2:33:32 PM
        
        One artist's take on all this - ER - 11/15/2006 5:07:01 PM
        
        In Buddhist Metaphysics - Meditati Yeti - 11/14/2006 4:45:33 PM
        
        "Consciousness seems to be somehow connected to physics, as if consciousness plays some sort of role in the cosmos" - Lindy - 11/12/2006 4:07:31 PM
        
        Sentient Plants: Old results, based on bad science, long since disproven - Yetster - 11/14/2006 4:47:05 PM
        
        Plant consciousness. - ER - 11/12/2006 6:35:07 PM
        
        re: Plant consciousness. - Lindy - 11/12/2006 8:33:07 PM
        
        Back to Backster - Lindy - 11/13/2006 12:26:19 AM
        
        re: Back to Backster - ER - 11/13/2006 12:48:29 AM
        
        Stamp Collecting - Lindy - 11/13/2006 1:16:06 AM
        
        re: Plant consciousness. - R.L. - 11/12/2006 6:42:42 PM
        
        Maybe psychic phenomenon does have a footing in science. - Lee - 11/12/2006 7:14:35 AM
        
        re: Maybe psychic phenomenon does have a footing in science. - Lindy - 11/12/2006 4:17:04 PM
        
        NO (n/t) - R.L. - 11/12/2006 4:00:27 PM
        
        Maybe not that far - ER - 11/12/2006 12:48:45 PM
        
        Or maybe it's the other way around. - Lee - 11/12/2006 7:38:21 PM
        
        Maybe the universe needs consciousness... - ER - 11/12/2006 8:00:17 PM
        
        ...or maybe that is the conciet of conciousness - R.L. - 11/12/2006 10:46:46 PM
        
        Saving the Epiphenomenon - ER - 11/13/2006 12:36:02 AM
        
        re: Saving the Epiphenomenon - Pilo Yeti - 11/14/2006 5:01:10 PM
        
        We dont even have a working definition of 'conciousness' - R.L. - 11/13/2006 5:48:43 AM
        
        re: We dont even have a working definition of 'conciousness' - ER - 11/13/2006 2:34:11 PM
        
        re: Saving the Epiphenomenon - Lindy - 11/13/2006 1:21:48 AM
        
        " If consciousness plays a role in the universe, it is a property of the universe itself" - Li ndy - 11/12/2006 4:25:17 PM
        
        "Do thoughts influence outcomes? " - ER - 11/12/2006 6:48:14 PM
        
        "I don't believe our thoughts can make things happen by affecting matter and energy directly" - Lindy - 11/12/2006 8:40:11 PM
        
        Lindy, this guy's a flake. - ER - 11/12/2006 9:20:44 PM
        
        Randi performs a public service... - R.L. - 11/12/2006 11:37:51 PM
        
        I would not consider Randi and expert on anything - Lindy - 11/12/2006 11:04:39 PM
        
        Yup - R.L. - 11/12/2006 9:47:36 PM
        
        The idea of a virtual universe goes way back... - LJK - 11/13/2006 4:07:55 PM

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