Tag: simulation theory

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post

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Big Think, Elon Musk, Marcelo Gleiser, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Oxford University, simulation, simulation theory}

Physicist: Why the “Alien Simulation” Hypothesis Is Bunk

_{Science and Culture
July 11, 2022

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

4}

Assuming that the regression does not continue endlessly, only the First Simulator is real. But then, why do any simulators even bother? Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, Aristotle, computation, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intelligent design, meaning, Michael Egnor, MIT, neuroscience, Scott Adams, simulation theory}

MIT’s Rizwan Virk on Simulation Theory, AKA Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Egnor: “If we are living in a computer simulation, we couldn’t think to ask the question.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Brian Josephson, evolution, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Michael Egnor, Michael Keas, neuroscience, Nick Bostrom, Nobel Prize, Oxford University, Scientism and Secularism (book), Scott Adams, simulation theory, Stephen King, Tom Wolfe, Unbelievable}

Scott Adams: Intelligent Design (Of a Sort!) Is “Close to 100 Percent” Certain

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

5}

Notice once again that you don’t have to be a religious believer to see through the charade that evolutionary theory has got everything all figured out. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 12, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, Columbia University, consciousness, Cosmos (series), evidence, fake news, falsifiability, hype, illusions, multiverse, naturalism, Normal Science, Occam's Razor, panspermia, Peter Woit, post-truth, Scientific American, scientific reliability, simulation theory, Templeton Foundation}

How Naturalism Rots Science from the Head Down

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 12, 2017

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

The prevalence of, for example, fake physics, shows that we are in the midst of a philosophical decline. Read More ›

A hummingbird in a Vervain patch with open wings and flared tail

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 16, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, alien intelligence, Brian Miller, experimental science, fine-tuning, kin selection, natural selection, proteins, purpose, simulation theory}

Robert Wright Asks: Can Evolution Have a Higher Purpose?

_{Brian Miller
January 16, 2017

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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He describes an interview with evolutionist William Hamilton, who developed the theory of kin selection. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, alien intelligence, Neil deGrasse Tyson, simulation theory, testability, thought experiment, top stories, undirected process}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2016: Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2016

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

5}

But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
June 17, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __tedited, atheism, creation myth, creationism, irony, just-so stories, moral responsibility, simulation theory, Singularity}

When Atheists Meet Creationism, You Get Creatheism

_{Brendan Dixon
June 17, 2016

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

3}

It is not a word that rolls easily off the tongue. But I am at a loss for one that better describes the atheists Daniel Jackson describes. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, agency, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability}

Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2016

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

4}

But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›