Wednesday, 15 August, 2018

We Might Live In A Computer Programme

We Might Live In A Computer Programme

Posted on Tuesday, 6 September, 2016Thursday, 24 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

We Might Live In A Computer Programme.

This has been debated through the centuries in one form or another and from differing angles too, first among philosophers, and recently, with advances in physics and cosmology, by the scientific community. It is the latter perspective that is being discussed here in this interesting article. A long read, but intriguing, especially for creationists! Of course, viewing the idea of our existence purely in ‘a simulated computerised environment’ goes against all our presuppositions as conscious beings, but the parallel appears uncanny from a theological viewpoint, where our ‘being’ is predetermined by an all-knowing God; where the perceptual reality of life is far more complex than a computer programme.

Read Article Here:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160901-we-might-live-in-a-computer-program-but-it-may-not-matter

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