Run Amok?
#81
11-17-2008, 12:59 AM
Ah...yes...
The virtual version of Descartes' "Brain in a vat", if you will. It is not impossible that a highly-advanced civilization may create an ancestor simulation for one reason or another - the most likely being for historical or philanthropic study of their own past - and that within the abilities of their technology they create the active intelligence of the entire population of a civilization at one point in time? The probability of us living in such a simulation right now are pretty high, with the chances are that we are not active participants in such a simulation, but rather parts of the simulation itself. Essentially, there is no "real outside reality me" experiencing my life, but just a species (post-human or otherwise) watching what the simulated me does (along with what everyone else in our perceived reality does). Effectively meaning that "I" do not actually exist anywhere, apart from perhaps as a memory of a past civilization (or in the imagination of the programmer that made our civilization up, if they are not human). That I am just a sentient (or pseudo-sentient) program within a program, although I know no better. Maybe everything that we perceive is artificial and is driven by some computational mechanism. (Matrix) Our self-image is artificial as well (avatar), but behind it is a sentient consciousness that is experiencing the simulation. So, where you really taking a crap, or were you merely observing your avatar? (snif...yawn..scratch) :block: I  therefore I am 
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#82
11-17-2008, 01:32 AM
Everything I post is a pearl of wisdom.
I would ask, "can you prove that?"
But then, you would only answer with your tiresome dodge that you can't prove a negative. I might submit that, with your limited ability to comprehend what you read, you probably can't even prove a positive. But I won't. So, I didn't. I'm sure you can prove that I DID..... but, can you prove that I didn't? I'm not sure I took a dump today. Can you prove that I didn't? for that matter, can you prove that I DID? Fact is, you can't prove anything. You can't even prove what's on your birth certificate. It could be fake. Can you prove it ISN'T??
#83
11-18-2008, 04:04 PM
Nobody her wished me happy B Day but Rebel.
And I got y'all beat. I think I pooped 2x today. But...I'm not sure.
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#85
11-18-2008, 10:45 PM
How quickly you forget the birthday thread that was started on this very website. Sad....:thumbsdown:
#86
11-18-2008, 11:55 PM
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Personally.........I feel that Golfhobo is responsible for the majority of the unsavory activity that takes place on CAD.
 It may well be time for another Golfhobo Time Out!!:thumbsup: The humanity!
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#87
11-19-2008, 02:05 AM
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GOD, I need to bring the dog back.....
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#88
11-19-2008, 03:41 AM
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Why do I feel dirty after having read this post ... Oh well ,I'm off to church now to attend Bible study .
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11-19-2008, 06:48 AM
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