Cosmologic philosophy: our universe a simulation? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, April 24, 2016, 14:27 (2917 days ago) @ David Turell

To me this is the height of Sci-Fi foolishness:-http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-thinks-the-universe-might-be-a-simulation-2016-4-"So at this year's 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate at the American Museum of Natural History, which addressed the question of whether the universe is a simulation, the answers from some panelists may be more comforting than the responses from others.-"Physicist Lisa Randall, for example, said that she thought the odds that the universe isn't "real" are so low as to be "effectively zero."-"But on the other hand, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who was hosting the debate, said that he thinks the likelihood of the universe being a simulation "may be very high."-***-"But most physicists and philosophers agree that it's impossible to prove definitively that we don't live in a simulation and that the universe is real.-"Tyson agrees, but says that he wouldn't be surprised if we were to find out somehow that someone else is responsible for our universe.-***-"And if that's the case, it is easy for me to imagine that everything in our lives is just the creation of some other entity for their entertainment," Tyson says. "I'm saying, the day we learn that it is true, I will be the only one in the room saying, 'I'm not surprised.'"-Comment: I'm part of the universe. Am I simulated also?