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I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j81jc8z wrote
Reply to comment by Tato7069 in A Different Kind of Ark — How we can sequence and store our DNA to be encoded into a future simulation and why this may have already happened by I_HaveA_Theory
It could be meaningful for them too, knowing it would be meaningful for you
I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j81g3lk wrote
Reply to comment by CaseyTS in A Different Kind of Ark — How we can sequence and store our DNA to be encoded into a future simulation and why this may have already happened by I_HaveA_Theory
The goal would not be to construct the same mind or memories, it would likely be to convey some amount of meaning. Here's an excerpt from the essay which imagines a scenario where we exist in such a simulation:
>an entire history of people before us [...] decided their carefully spun web of love was worth living again. Maybe we don’t share their memories, but they looked like us, loved like us. We are their memorial. They decided – through their love, heartache, and scientific toil – that they would do anything to say “I love you” in a spectacular gesture that transcends universes.
I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j80r9an wrote
Reply to comment by Tato7069 in A Different Kind of Ark — How we can sequence and store our DNA to be encoded into a future simulation and why this may have already happened by I_HaveA_Theory
It's more about simulating relationships, not just yourself. Imagine you're here because some reality before you decided they wanted to simulate their loving relationships, and that included "you" (or your likeness via your DNA). Wouldn't that be meaningful? Especially if you came to realize that's how you got here?
I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j80fqsn wrote
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Hah, something like that
I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j80dx4d wrote
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This essays talk about the possibility of sequencing and storing our genomic information, paired with a mapping of our closest relationships, in order to encode a simulation of ourselves in the future whenever the technology permits it. It also explores the possibility that this may have already happened, what that would mean, and how entertaining some notion of universal meaning may be called for.
I_HaveA_Theory OP t1_j81q23s wrote
Reply to comment by StarChild413 in A Different Kind of Ark — How we can sequence and store our DNA to be encoded into a future simulation and why this may have already happened by I_HaveA_Theory
Ooh, I'm glad you asked that actually. There's a line of reasoning that universal simulations could actually serve to maintain a necessary causal loop: https://www.vesselproject.io/essays/god-in-the-loop