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New research: There’s a 50-50 chance we’re living in a simulation and here’s how to find out – Boing Boing
In 2003, University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom presented a mathematical argument that we are likely living inside a computer simulation created by some …
In 2003, University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom presented a mathematical argument that we are likely living inside a computer simulation created by some future intelligence. Of course, decades before Bostrom and The Matrix, other folks like Jacques Vallee, John Keel, Stephen Wolfram, Rudy Rucker, Ed Fredkin, and Hans Moravec also explored this headspinning concept. Now, Columbia University astronomer David Kipping has used Bayesian reasoninga common method of statistical analysisto calcul…
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