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Ever have that dream when you where very young about something that is very colossal yet very minuscule? Or ever see that old black and white movie "The incredible shrinking man"? How at the end of the movie he is talking and wonders how small he will shrink into infinity? What is the smallest thing we know of now? The quark? Look at the photo's you provided with the brain cells and the universe? What is the absolute smallest in the microverse and what is the largest in the universe? We are talking major quantitative infinities here. So who's to say we are not a part in a grand scheme of some kind of a simulation or a part of a master being?
originally posted by: Chrisfishenstein
a reply to: MystikMushroom
How could a finger on a hand reproduce and make another finger? I understand the point you are trying to make but the comparisons you made didn't really make sense to me...
I don't think people would have emotions, open thoughts/actions and many more things in life if we were just simulations...I think the premise is interesting living a life in 5 minutes but do you really believe that is what life as we know it is? Or is that just something you see happening in the future?
I always pictured the universe as being inside of a person...Say God, we are in his brain, cells working together to keep the brain active...Being there are many correlations between our universe and the human brain, that got me thinking...What if we are all a real life part (organisms/cells) of God's brain? Interesting getting the mind going and nobody is sure what the truth is but cool to think about either way!
sprott.physics.wisc.edu...
There are other sites also but it just makes you think....
originally posted by: DrumStickNinja
a reply to: MystikMushroom
All I can say is that I'd tell my wife to go shop around Macy's while I go check out this "Virtual Life" store. I wonder if they'd offer you a massage during the simulation.
I love brain stretching - this thought seems to be a tangent from concepts of the Matrix and even Total Recall, though different... it's really fun to think about.
Thanks for being bored today.
originally posted by: Chrisfishenstein
a reply to: MystikMushroom
How could a finger on a hand reproduce and make another finger? I understand the point you are trying to make but the comparisons you made didn't really make sense to me...
I don't think people would have emotions, open thoughts/actions and many more things in life if we were just simulations...I think the premise is interesting living a life in 5 minutes but do you really believe that is what life as we know it is? Or is that just something you see happening in the future?
I always pictured the universe as being inside of a person...Say God, we are in his brain, cells working together to keep the brain active...Being there are many correlations between our universe and the human brain, that got me thinking...What if we are all a real life part (organisms/cells) of God's brain? Interesting getting the mind going and nobody is sure what the truth is but cool to think about either way!
sprott.physics.wisc.edu...
There are other sites also but it just makes you think....
originally posted by: ExternalForces
a reply to: chr0naut
Doesn't mean if something is the same that it can't look completely different either.
And why not? it seems to work with biometrics.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: Chrisfishenstein
a reply to: MystikMushroom
How could a finger on a hand reproduce and make another finger? I understand the point you are trying to make but the comparisons you made didn't really make sense to me...
I don't think people would have emotions, open thoughts/actions and many more things in life if we were just simulations...I think the premise is interesting living a life in 5 minutes but do you really believe that is what life as we know it is? Or is that just something you see happening in the future?
I always pictured the universe as being inside of a person...Say God, we are in his brain, cells working together to keep the brain active...Being there are many correlations between our universe and the human brain, that got me thinking...What if we are all a real life part (organisms/cells) of God's brain? Interesting getting the mind going and nobody is sure what the truth is but cool to think about either way!
sprott.physics.wisc.edu...
There are other sites also but it just makes you think....
Just because something looks similar does not mean it is the same.
Fingerprints and snowflakes. There is no two the same. But yet both can be similar.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: ExternalForces
a reply to: chr0naut
Doesn't mean if something is the same that it can't look completely different either.
Yes, reliance on appearances alone is fraught with issues.
originally posted by: proob4
Fingerprints and snowflakes. There is no two the same. But yet both can be similar.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: ExternalForces
a reply to: chr0naut
Doesn't mean if something is the same that it can't look completely different either.
Yes, reliance on appearances alone is fraught with issues.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
There's an old Hermetic law..
"As above, so below"
originally posted by: bananashooter
Wasn't that like an episode from Star trek, where Picard had to do that? I vaguely remember that.