Comments on: Adventuring: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Fossils http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clint http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Clint Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:37:34 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-881 But what is the question? But what is the question?

]]> By: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-877 BMF Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:09:54 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-877 Let me fast forward to the good part. The answer is 42. -BMF Let me fast forward to the good part. The answer is 42.

-BMF

]]> By: ideonexus http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-876 ideonexus Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:06:20 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-876 I've read that paper! It's great! Instead of just being the musings of some mathematician or philosopher, it actually argues Quantum Physics as data in a very convincing manner. It's still all just speculation, but you're right, speculation with legs. I’ve read that paper! It’s great! Instead of just being the musings of some mathematician or philosopher, it actually argues Quantum Physics as data in a very convincing manner. It’s still all just speculation, but you’re right, speculation with legs.

]]> By: doranchak http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-875 doranchak Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:48:24 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-875 Your MMORPG+NPC theory has some serious legs to it. There is a peer-reviewed paper on this very topic (though, it doesn't seem to address the NPC aspect of your theory): http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/07/our-universe-as-virt.html "If the universe were a virtual reality, its creation at the big bang would no longer be paradoxical, as every virtual system must be booted up." Your MMORPG+NPC theory has some serious legs to it. There is a peer-reviewed paper on this very topic (though, it doesn’t seem to address the NPC aspect of your theory):

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/07/our-universe-as-virt.html

“If the universe were a virtual reality, its creation at the big bang would no longer be paradoxical, as every virtual system must be booted up.”

]]> By: ideonexus http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-879 ideonexus Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:52:01 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-879 Ah, I was referring to the Creationist argument that fossils exist because god put them there to test our faith. I personally starting to believe this is all just one big MMORPG, and I'm an NPC put here for someone else's amusement. I wouldn't be as convincing if I didn't think I was alive and autonomous of the program. Ah, I was referring to the Creationist argument that fossils exist because god put them there to test our faith. I personally starting to believe this is all just one big MMORPG, and I’m an NPC put here for someone else’s amusement. I wouldn’t be as convincing if I didn’t think I was alive and autonomous of the program.

]]> By: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-878 BMF Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:26:42 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-878 Why would God need to be very deceptive? I tend to think we can't hear the music because we are too focused on the instruments. -BMF Why would God need to be very deceptive? I tend to think we can’t hear the music because we are too focused on the instruments.

-BMF

]]> By: doranchak http://ideonexus.com/2008/02/03/adventuring-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history-hall-of-fossils/comment-page-1/#comment-880 doranchak Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:59:36 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=581#comment-880 Why can't the creationists just say "Well, God created evolution, so THERE" and be done with all this nonsense once and for all? Why can’t the creationists just say “Well, God created evolution, so THERE” and be done with all this nonsense once and for all?

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