Sim Theory

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Tue Sep 20 19:55:13 PDT 2016


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-intro.html

Jean le Flambeur trilogy, by Hannu Rajaniemi [2010-2014]
https://www.goodreads.com/series/57134-jean-le-flambeur



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