Ep 115: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 5 “Virtual Reality”
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Is the Rendering of the Centre Court of Wimbledon Correct?
A tennis fan who knows wimbledon's centre court perfectly can never confirm that a purported rendering of it is accurate. Even if you are free to explore the rendered centre court for however long you like and to kick it in whatever way you like, even if have equal access to the real center court for comparison,. you cannot ever certify that the programme does indeed render the real location. For you can never know what would have happened if only you had explored a little more, or looked over your shoulder at the right moment. Perhaps if you had sat on the rendered umpire's chair and shouted, fault, a nucleur submarine would have surfaced through the grass and torpedoed the score board.
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