Re: Sim Theory

On 09/17/2016 08:09 PM, grarpamp wrote:

So many people have proposed we're simulated... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

Now why would such an extremely advanced civilization / collective want to simulate us? Is this an unanswered question?

Maybe they're so advanced that there's no way to express their reasons (or whatever) in ways we could comprehend ;) But, stuff comes to mind: Diaspora by Greg Egan [1998] http://www.gregegan.net/DIASPORA/DIASPORA.html Accelerando, by Charles Stross [2005] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-... Jean le Flambeur trilogy, by Hannu Rajaniemi [2010-2014] https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur