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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 11 October 2013 09:57:25PM 1 point [-]

The Numerical Platonist's construct is just the universe itself again. No problem there.

If you're not a numerical platonist, I don't see how unexecuted computations could be experienced.

And that leaves us with regular simulation.

(Incidentally, point 6 has a hidden assumption about the distribution of simulated universes)

Comment author: lmm 11 October 2013 10:48:45PM 0 points [-]

The Numerical Platonist's construct is just the universe itself again. No problem there.

Why? If it's just because the computations come out the same, doesn't that mean any simulation of the universe is also just the universe itself again?