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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

I did that with LSD 40 years ago.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Bro is about to reinvent shamanism

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, drugs and looking into lasers will definitely change your brain, no doubt. Dunno if I want advice from someone who does that, tho…

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 42 points 18 hours ago (15 children)

If what we perceive as reality is a simulation the purpose is quite clear, to observe the behavior of overconfident idiots unfettered by the mediating tendencies of a too reasonable reality.

[–] HyonoKo@lemmy.ml 34 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Maybe it’s some higher dimensional grad student simulating something to get some plots to add to a poster his postdoc wants him to present at a small time conference somewhere. Our consciousness is just a side effect because he insisted in doing the coding in Haskell.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago

Your reply kinda reminds me of Thirteenth Floor.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Maybe it's some kid's half-assed science project.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

That's so many nested assumptions, lol:

Assumption table

  1. Graduate student in academia
  2. Running a simulation for data
  3. For a conference
  4. Haskell

The probability value of all four being true simultaneously approaches ≈0%

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Come on, it doesn't work like this. You can disprove the funny theory only if you give us an even more ridiculous one in it's stead.

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

Most of it is empty. The trick is lazy evaluation.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Our telescopes eats up CPU cycles fast, the poor blokes cloud server will come with an unsuspecting bill this month...

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, it uses a simplified model unless you look too close. That's how you get those funny quantum effects. Although, I have to say, great sativa, dude

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget the sheer, mind-destroying size of the universe, and its age.

I mean, if it's really a simulation, all of that would be... simulated.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I know; I'm just fishing out counter-examples and counter-arguments.

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

"yeah yeah the simulation lasers, we've all seen it"

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 6 points 15 hours ago

Not gonna see much it he keeps putting lasers in his eyes

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Is that a curable condition?

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Laser eye damage? Not so much

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 16 hours ago

Yeah I can walk you through treatment. We're just going to need a little DMT

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'll buy that for a dollar.

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