哲学问题：我们的存在是真的还是假的？# Animals - 动物园
I*i
1 楼
http://sciencefiction.com/2012/12/11/scientist-tests-to-see-if-
Scientist Tests to See if We Really Are Living in the Matrix
What if Morpheus lied to Neo and we’re not in the “Desert of the Real”
and we haven’t been this whole time?! Are you freaking out yet?
If you belong to the Millennial Generation, you probably remember that guy
who lived in the dorm next to you whose self-made religion was based on the
tenets of the Matrix Trilogy. He believed our entire reality was a non-
metaphorical computer program designed from the future. It was a belief that
, of course, did NOT result from his deep depression that anime girls weren
’t real.
Turns out, despite his overuse of the word “simulacra”, he may have been
right.
Researchers at the University of Washington are testing to see whether it is
possible to decipher if our existence is real or if our sense of reality
actually exists within a version of cyberspace. Physicist Martin Savage
theorizes that there may be elements in our universe that possibly indicate
we are, in fact, living in a world that our descendents programmed for us.
“… if humans did develop enough time to perform numerical simulations of
ourselves and we didn’t nuke ourselves before getting there then it’s more
than likely we are a numerical simulation of ourselves,” states Savage.
What? Did your brain melt yet? If not, Savage also hypothesizes the idea
that future people also may have programmed more than one simulated universe.
That or he guessed the ending of Fringe.
According to Savage, our descendents (I’m just going to call them Observers
) possibly decided that they wanted to see how humanity has evolved. As a
result, they created a computer simulation to study human development. It
is this simulation that just may be the basis of our entire existence.
MyNorthwest.com states that Dr. Savage has begun designing a preliminary
test to find indications that our entire existence is actually a virtual
reality wherein we, ourselves, ponder if our existence is actually a virtual
reality.
To quote Neo’s infamous epithet:
“Whoa…”
The article doesn’t go into detail about what these tests are, but if it
doesn’t involve instantly knowing kung-fu, I’m going to be thoroughly
disappointed.
Scientist Tests to See if We Really Are Living in the Matrix
What if Morpheus lied to Neo and we’re not in the “Desert of the Real”
and we haven’t been this whole time?! Are you freaking out yet?
If you belong to the Millennial Generation, you probably remember that guy
who lived in the dorm next to you whose self-made religion was based on the
tenets of the Matrix Trilogy. He believed our entire reality was a non-
metaphorical computer program designed from the future. It was a belief that
, of course, did NOT result from his deep depression that anime girls weren
’t real.
Turns out, despite his overuse of the word “simulacra”, he may have been
right.
Researchers at the University of Washington are testing to see whether it is
possible to decipher if our existence is real or if our sense of reality
actually exists within a version of cyberspace. Physicist Martin Savage
theorizes that there may be elements in our universe that possibly indicate
we are, in fact, living in a world that our descendents programmed for us.
“… if humans did develop enough time to perform numerical simulations of
ourselves and we didn’t nuke ourselves before getting there then it’s more
than likely we are a numerical simulation of ourselves,” states Savage.
What? Did your brain melt yet? If not, Savage also hypothesizes the idea
that future people also may have programmed more than one simulated universe.
That or he guessed the ending of Fringe.
According to Savage, our descendents (I’m just going to call them Observers
) possibly decided that they wanted to see how humanity has evolved. As a
result, they created a computer simulation to study human development. It
is this simulation that just may be the basis of our entire existence.
MyNorthwest.com states that Dr. Savage has begun designing a preliminary
test to find indications that our entire existence is actually a virtual
reality wherein we, ourselves, ponder if our existence is actually a virtual
reality.
To quote Neo’s infamous epithet:
“Whoa…”
The article doesn’t go into detail about what these tests are, but if it
doesn’t involve instantly knowing kung-fu, I’m going to be thoroughly
disappointed.
