Thread 16785508

You all know the argument about why the simulation hypothesis should be likely.

But if it is true, then it likely runs on the simplest possible hardware due to Occam's razor. And a small computer can simulate a bigger one, it just needs more time. So the base computer should be the smallest possible turing complete machine running the smallest and least specific set of instructions.

The least specific instruction set could be a little random noise generator that eventually spews interesting patterns.

>>16785508 (OP)
>if it is true, then it likely runs on the simplest possible hardware due to Occam's razor.
That's not Occam's Razor. That is literally you adding an assumption which is the opposite of parsimony.

>>16785527
>parsimony
I can never remember if they're a fruit or vegetable. But I like a little in my morning wine.

>>16785508 (OP)
>You all know the argument about why the simulation hypothesis should be likely.
Such an argument doesn't exist and never existed. You literally got psy-op'd. The actual argument is that either we're likely in a simulation OR humanity never manages to simulate a universe. Guess which branch of this proposition muh Occam's razor favors.

>>16785876
You can just suppose simulation hypothesis is true for the sake of the discussion. It's a hypothetical.
>but I did eat breakfast

>>16785988
>just suppose simulation hypothesis is true
That's not an "argument about why the simulation hypothesis should be likely". I don't know any such argument. Please explain which argument you're referring to, or otherwise correct your post to state "suppose the simulation hypothesis is true" instead of lying.

>>16786050
Being unable to entertain a hypothetical is a sign of low IQ

But yeah, assume simulation hypothesis is true. What are some likely characteristics of the hardware? The thread is not about the veracity of simulation hypothesis.

>>16786058
But what if you are wrong? Oh you can't handle that hypothetical? You must be low IQ.

>>16786059
Make a thread about it

>>16786058
>Being unable to entertain a hypothetical is a sign of low IQ
Quote the specific part of my post that suggests not being able to entertain hypotheticals. As you struggle to do so, reflect on the fact that you're a mindless template-matching biobot and you accidentally matched the wrong template and then used the wrong rhetorical pattern.

>>16786058
>assume simulation hypothesis is true. What are some likely characteristics of the hardware?
By the way, the answer to your question is trivial: the "most likely characteristics of the hardware" is whatever physical model best describes the universe.

>>16785508 (OP)
you're dumb as shit trying to act smart stfu nigga

>>16786058
>>16786059
noobs, wheres the creator of this massive VM then? the universe is isolated nigga so the creator is not here hes inside on erf roaming around possibly gooning