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AMA | May 2022

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Are the Simulators Tricking Us Into Thinking That the Universe Is Old?

Richard: Is it conceivable or likely that if we are in assimulation, the simulators have tricked us into thinking that the universe is 14 million years old when it's really not? Richard: It's possible, sure as possible. But i'm just saying that it's not the sensible way to do it. If you wanted to make us think that the universe was that old, you would just simulate the whole universe because the starting point is enormously simpler than a hot big bang. Richard: There is no u t that exists outside your physical body that becomes embodied in either a bacterium or an human being. K c, mahone says, sometimes i find it really odd

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