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Old 8th January 2013, 06:12 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by angrysoba View Post
He's using an argument that was made by Nick Bostrom called the simulation argument, which argues that if it is possible to create conscious simulations that are indisinguishable from the world we live in today then the likelihood of us living in one of those simulations is enormous, because future human beings would be playing such simulations just as people today play Sim City (is that old now?) or Civilization.

http://www.simulation-argument.com/
"enormous" based on what? The need to have an outrageous idea with his name on it?
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