Goodspeed wrote:It touches on:
- Perception of reality
- The nature of time
- The limits of computational power
- Origin of the universe
- Determinism/randomness
- "Playing God"
Etc
I'd rather discuss the actual fundamental questions :p
Alright. Which one?
What is dark matter? What is dark energy? What energy do quantum fluctuations give to empty space? How complete is our particle theory? What happened shortly after the big bang? What caused for hyperinflation to occur? How would relativity and quantummechanics be combined? Are there maybe different fundamental theories? Are there hidden variables in quantum mechanics? What about the fermi paradox? What would an advanced intergalactical civilization look like?
Perception of reality seems like a boring topic to discuss in this way. Ask a more fundamental question, like: Is energy a real thing or is it simply a human construct that works as a tool to calculate things?
The nature of time being discussed like this is uninteresting, since you're not changing anything within our system. You're just stating that hypothetically you can speed up something. Yes I know, I can play lectures at twice the speed, it is indeed really useful.
The limits of computational power are interesting to discuss, but within this context and with our expertise I don't see how this developes beyond "maybe theres some shit out there in that different universe that we can't think of"
I don't see how this is an interesting thing with regards to the origin of the universe. It's a wild theory, of which many can be made with equal validity. Actually, I dont even know if the origin of the universe is that interesting to discuss within this approach.
Why not just discuss determinism as is? Here the discussion is that it could indeed be possible that someone coded random elements into a universe, just like how it's possible that he didnt.
Playing god is somewhat interesting from this point of view I guess.