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[–] HyonoKo@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 month ago (4 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 9 points 1 month ago

Your reply kinda reminds me of Thirteenth Floor.

[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Our consciousness is just a side effect because he insisted in doing the coding in Haskell.

Lisp is the true God's programming language...

[–] HyonoKo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Wow awesome cover!

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month 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 25 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 6 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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