Recent content by Souron

Having an infinite multiverce just displaces the question for the reason for existence to "why does the multiverce exist?". Why prefer the multiverse over the finite? On the other hand, there's direct evidence for the finite. Or at least a single infinite universe.

It is quite easy to imagine a digital medium with enough redundancy that it will not diverge from the original. Computers may have errors, but they can also detect those errors and correct for them. It's a matter of how much effort you want to put into exponential diminishing returns. How many...

Thank you for that. A fun and interesting dilemma indeed.

How do you know that anything infinite exists in the first place? Just because you like the notion of infinity doesn't mean it is actually physically manifest.

Terxpahseyton, getting angry at the other posters in this thread was uncalled for. Let me explain why, by quoting specific sections of your post. Communication is a two way street. If a lot of people don't understand what you're trying to say, then you're probably bad at communicating your...

I don't see any interesting consequences to having two minds being identical in every way at a particular point in time. It's still two minds occupying different locations. The only thing is, if I had a duplicate I might care about it more than other people because it is in some ways closer...

Assuming it's not a game bug, I would guess that the problem is you don't have enough RAM. You can test this by using task manager to monitor memory usage while you play the game. If the memory usage of your game grows substantially more than your physical memory, that would confirm it. You can...

There is no one correct way to model reality so a questions like "is the universes made of things?" can have multiple answers. In some sense it is, obviously. But arguing that in some sense it isn't, is not actually a contradiction, it's just a different way of looking at things. So I reject...

I think it is you who is misinterpreting the OP. The OP takes the fact that we are soulful beings as a premise. However, he does not precisely state what he means by soul. For given definition of "soul", it might not exist, but the OP seems to be referring to human mental capability, which...

Because a complex machine can have traits that it's parts don't. When you talk about "soul", you seems to be talking about consciousness and sapience. Our perceptions of ourselves as individuals that are able to contemplate their own existence, and otherwise our human mental capability. And I...

IMO, the coolest thing about thinking in pictures is that it can be done in parallel to thinking in words; it uses a different part of the brain. So for example, I can draw and listen to a lecture at the same time. I don't aspire to write or tell stories, but I have a similar technique to help...

You can't 3D print a small 3d printer inside a big 3D printer, because you cannot 3d print Integrated Circuits. For that you need a Semiconductor clean room. However, you could theoretically have a factory that builds machines, that builds that same factory. You wouldn't need new technology...

You can make most 3d printer parts in a 3D printer, but you have to put them together yourself. Also, you can't make the ICs in a 3d printer.

Not sure that I would call it expensive, you can order 3d prints online for pretty cheep. In some cases it's easier than getting parts from a manufacturer, for rare parts. Here's an example of something virtually impossible to make any other way, for $20

3D printing used to be called "rapid prototyping" before it became common enough to use for consumer goods. It's been around for a while in that context. It can make shapes that other technologies, such as molds or carving, simply cannot do. But it is best suited for one-off manufacturing...