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purple_hamster66 t1_ixddrdz wrote

Reply to comment by mootcat in Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program by garden_frog

Maybe, two cats?

In quantum class, students learn how to calculate the probability that a bullet will pass through a piece of paper without damage. (The answer is about 1 in 10^500, if you are curious). What is the probability that your cat did the same, thru the glass?

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mootcat t1_ixdl64a wrote

What a remarkably sensible solution!

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Plenty-Today4117 t1_ixenrl2 wrote

What is your opinion of scientists trying to prove we live in a simulation? Do you think they are insane?

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purple_hamster66 t1_ixhzntx wrote

As Clinton once said: it depends on what your definition of “is” is.

There might be an absolute ground Truth (with a capital T) that is what is really happening. And there might be a number of other truths (lowercase) that have exactly the same math but are not real. Does it even matter to us? For example, we count apples, and add the counts to other counts. We don’t count the actual apples for the sum, but have a system that works 100% of the time; it is not really what is happening. Does that matter if the answer is right all the time?

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Plenty-Today4117 t1_ixeni4j wrote

I didn't say it passed though glass.

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purple_hamster66 t1_ixhzzer wrote

True, all you said is that it’s weird. Is it perception or reality, tho? (Or something else?)

I propose that it’s not reality.

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teachMe t1_ixtjvez wrote

What is behind that calculation?

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