I spend about 12 hours a day on the computer

1. 2020-04-02 at 2:08 PM UTC

   #21
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL A "simulation" implies a copying of something else, like a cheap imitation. This isn't an imitation of anything; it's the real thing as real can get

   
   Your knowledge is limited to the simulation's code so of course that's what you think.
2. 2020-04-02 at 2:21 PM UTC

   #22
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Your knowledge is limited to the simulation's code so of course that's what you think.

   
   Thought is not part of the code, it's a resulting artifact, completely separated from the source. This provides the foundation for free will.
3. 2020-04-02 at 7:37 PM UTC

   #23
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Thought is not part of the code, it's a resulting artifact, completely separated from the source. This provides the foundation for free will.

   
   Wrong, any thought in a simulated universe is part of the A.I. code.
4. 2020-04-02 at 11:52 PM UTC

   #24
   

   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Wrong, any thought in a simulated universe is part of the A.I. code.

   
   If that were true, thoughts would have a physical effect on the program. They don't.
5. 2020-04-02 at 11:55 PM UTC

   #25
   

   mashlehash victim of incest [my perspicuously dependant flavourlessness]
   ya'll are niggers?
6. 2020-04-03 at 2:19 PM UTC

   #26
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by -SpectraL If that were true, thoughts would have a physical effect on the program. They don't.

   
   How do you know how the program is effected?? Obviously even in an A.I. environment any decisions (re: thoughts) made by the A.I. will change the next program steps.
7. 2020-04-03 at 2:21 PM UTC

   #27
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson How do you know how the program is effected??

   
   getting paid while working again.
   
   yes.
8. 2020-04-03 at 2:22 PM UTC

   #28
   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny getting paid while working again.
   
   yes.

   
   Huh?
9. 2020-04-12 at 12:58 AM UTC

   #29
   

   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   Originally posted by -SpectraL If that were true, thoughts would have a physical effect on the program. They don't.

   
   You've got it in reverse, thought is an emergent property of the arrangement of matter that constitutes a human being. That arrangement has to, by definition follow the rules of physics. Or the 'code' if you prefer.
   
   But i don't believe we live in a simulation and i do believe in free will.
10. 2020-04-12 at 1:19 AM UTC

    #30
    Hikikomori-Fujoshi African Astronaut

    Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country This can't possibly be good for me.
    
    I have a headache right now from looking at a screen all day.
    
    Sometimes I take a break from the desktop, and use the laptop.

    
    Since I was 12 I have stared at screens all day everyday