A Participatory Universe Does Not Equal a Simulated One and Why We Live in the Former

by Marshall Barnes, Joseph Smalkowski (Copernicus) (Contributor)

October 30, 2016, the web site for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies published an article, "Breaking into the Simulated Universe" by Eliott Edge. An attempt to argue against the idea of escaping out of the universe, if it is a simulation, as some Silicon Valley billionaires are rumored to be considering. In this paper, I will reveal why Edge is completely and totally wrong, although he has made an impressive, credible, cohesive and cogent attempt to present a convincing proposition. However, the simulation hypothesis, upon close analysis, is indefensible by anyone because it is based 100% on assumptions, both hidden and otherwise, which in most cases are demonstrably wrong.

40 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2016

About the author

Marshall Barnes is a poet, music promoter, and a research and development engineer and conceptual theorist, with a specialty in theoretical physics and cognition related to creativity and technologically induced modes of perception.

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is one thing (and generally not healthy for your ego) to believe your own press. It is rather another thing to write your own press, and then to believe it. This may result in a morbid case of Main Character Syndrome™, even when it does not also result in outright insanity or being entirely wrong about whatever topic provided the circle from which your many tangents spin off into infinity. That circle may nevertheless remain interesting and entertaining, as here, even if 10% of the provided citations no longer exist or do not in any way support the assertions for which they are provided, and another 6% are the author's own press releases—not exactly a "reliable source" as Wikipedia would put it.