X-Message-Number: 11554
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:42:09 +0100
From:  (John de Rivaz)
Subject: Re: The Chinese Closet

In article: <>  writes:
> there IS in 
> principle the possibility of determining by experiment whether we are 
> simulations. 

I would add

The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
Is worth reading in this context, and it is also highly entertaining and 
readable. Do you know that it is physically impossible simulate certain 
things in virtual reality? So those of you who think this world is a computer 
simulation, should read on. 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0713990619/longevitybooksA/


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