View Full Version : An interesting take by issac Asimov
Gorloche
2005-05-05, 04:24
I think this would be best to not make comments about right now, but rather to wait until someone else has read it as it would ruin the plot (oh, the irony, it kills me). Oh, and this really doesn't belong in Printed Matter. While it is in fact a short story written by the msot famous science fiction author (said out of bravado for he is ym favorite), this deals with religion far too much to leave it in their realm to analyze. This is ours.
http://dookaloosy.dyndns.org/wail_-_thoughts_on_a_book_-_Asimov1.htm
Discussion when someone's done with it.
i've read this story before... it probably influenced the matrix movies. isaac asimov was awesome, i've got to read more of him.
i'm sure that more and more, the similarities between the algorithmic nature of computer programs and reality itself will become evident, perhaps leading to a more refined teleological view of creation... and maybe even back to theism??
interesting stuff...
[This message has been edited by Eil (edited 05-05-2005).]
imperfectcircle
2005-05-05, 05:58
Someone in the philosophy department at Oxford keeps a website running about the philosophical debate on whether or not we live in a computer simulation. Makes an interesting read, whether you're a fan of the Matrix or not:
http://www.simulation-argument.com/
Gorloche
2005-05-05, 19:50
Strangely enough, the ideas proposed by Asimov (this story is VERY old, so credit does go to him) actually would help fill in some holes caused by the big bang theory, such as the re-expansion of the entropic mess once it recompresses, though tob e fair it does so by ignoring already known fact. Altogether though, it is not too bad considering the age of this story. I just thought it was an interesting take on the classic creation myth.
Adorkable
2005-05-05, 23:51
quote:Originally posted by imperfectcircle:
Someone in the philosophy department at Oxford keeps a website running about the philosophical debate on whether or not we live in a computer simulation. Makes an interesting read, whether you're a fan of the Matrix or not:
http://www.simulation-argument.com/
Thank you, very much, for that reference.