Dr. S. James Gates Jr. - Simulation Theory: "Dr. S. James Gates, Jr. is a theoretical physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland. Dr. Gates is well known for his work on superstring theory, supergravity, and supersymmetry. Dr. Gates has gained some mainstream attention for his discovery of Doubly-even self-dual linear binary error-correcting block code found in String Theory Equations, the math that we use to describe the universe. This mainstream attention has led to much discussion from members of both the scientific community (Neil deGrasse Tyson) and the entertainment industry (Joe Rogan). One reason contributing to the popularity of this discovery, aside from the strangeness of it, is that Dr. S James Gates Jr. was not looking for evidence of the Simulation hypothesis and yet he stumbled upon it anyway."
Simulation Argument - Simulation Theory: "The simulation argument was authored by Nick Bostrom and asserts that one of three propositions must be true:
Almost all civilizations go extinct before reaching a state of technological maturity required to run a convincing ancestor simulation.
A civilization will lose interest in creating an ancestor simulation.
We are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
If propositions #1 and #2 are not true, then there is an estimated probability factor of between 20% to 50% that we are living in a simulation. Although it should be noted that this probability factor has very little basis in science. If we are living in a simulation then there is a higher probability that you are one of the simulated people whether than one of the exceptional non-simulated people."
Life in the Matrix: New Evidence Supports the Simulation Theory | The Ghost Diaries: "Nick Bostrom has become somewhat of a cult celebrity in fringe circles for his authorship of the Simulation Theory. This theory supposes that because of the overwhelming likelihood of technological singularities occurring in the universe, it is quite likely that advanced civilizations–either us in the future, or aliens in a distant galaxy–have created or will create simulations. Since the number of these simulations would number in the billions, Bostrom submits that it’s actually quite likely we are living in some sort of a computer simulation."
The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation | MIT Technology Review: "First, some background. The problem with all simulations is that the laws of physics, which appear continuous, have to be superimposed onto a discrete three dimensional lattice which advances in steps of time. The question that Beane and co ask is whether the lattice spacing imposes any kind of limitation on the physical processes we see in the universe. They examine, in particular, high energy processes, which probe smaller regions of space as they get more energetic What they find is interesting. They say that the lattice spacing imposes a fundamental limit on the energy that particles can have. That’s because nothing can exist that is smaller than the lattice itself. So if our cosmos is merely a simulation, there ought to be a cut off in the spectrum of high energy particles. It turns out there is exactly this kind of cut off in the energy of cosmic ray particles, a limit known as the Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin or GZK cut off. "
Do we live in a computer simulation? UW researchers say idea can be tested | UW Today: "The concept that current humanity could possibly be living in a computer simulation comes from a 2003 paper published in Philosophical Quarterly by Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at the University of Oxford. In the paper, he argued that at least one of three possibilities is true:
The human species is likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage.
Any posthuman civilization is very unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of its evolutionary history.
We are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
He also held that “the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.”"
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