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Hi.I can't answer the main title question: Does atheist N dGT believe in God? I don't know, I'm not him.I can talk a little about the rest of your post.The simulation idea wasn't proposed by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Most would agree that Nick Bostrom's paper is one of the foundational documents, if not the principal origin of the newest version of the idea: "Are you living in a simulation", Nick Bostrom, Philosophical Quarterly, 2003, Vol. 52, No. 211, pp 243-255I say "newest version" because that's what many people would argue that it is. We've only recently had computer technology and thus been able to articulate a discussion where terms like "a computer simulation" could be used. However, the idea is essentially that the world you (we) experience may not be real in the way you (we) may imagine it is, it could be more like a dream or imaginary world. It's not especially "silly". I think most people have wondered what the world is really like, is it real, does it exist in places where you aren't looking or is it just created and made solid around you as you move about in it? Are you unique and the only real person in this world? etc. etc. Various civilizations have considered that our dreams may be another world of some kind, in which we can do certain things. So the origin of these sorts of ideas (is the world real?) probably predates recorded history. Anyway, considering the computer simulation theory as it is at the moment - if you want to define god as someone or something that made you, then I suppose you could call that programmer god. Since you can also create a computer simulation of your own, does that make you god to some other simulations? Was your great programmer in his own turn programmed by some other programmer - some other god figure to the god figure? Is there any reason to call the programmer god at all - since they are no more godly than you are in any other way. Overall the computer simulation argument neither solves or creates many theological or philosophical questions. It just changes the terminology you might use when describing the same problems (but that's just my opinion).Best wishes to you.
What does "admitted atheist" mean.It's not a thing you "admit" to, it's a thing you rejoice in.
It's hard to argue that we aren't living in a simulated world
Quote from: Europa on 19/07/2021 13:50:32It's hard to argue that we aren't living in a simulated worldBut what is it a simulation of? And why?
The anomaly is the Tyson says that he is an atheist and that now he is claiming that the universe was created, just as the creationist have always claimed.
In my opinion the best physicist can not prove that the universe exist because there is 85 percent too little matter to allow for gravitational expansion so they up and created dark matter, but even that fails because new measurements seem to show galaxies moving at 5 times light speed which is impossible under relativity.
In my opinion the best physicist can not prove that the universe exist because there is 85 percent too little matter to allow for gravitational expansion so they up and created dark matter
but even that fails because new measurements seem to show galaxies moving at 5 times light speed which is impossible under relativity.
So how can Tyson put forth this theory and claim that the computer simulations creator is not God?
Quote from: Europa on 19/07/2021 15:29:21In my opinion the best physicist can not prove that the universe exist because there is 85 percent too little matter to allow for gravitational expansion so they up and created dark matterWell that's wrong.Quote from: Europa on 20/07/2021 00:50:14but even that fails because new measurements seem to show galaxies moving at 5 times light speed which is impossible under relativity.That's wrong too.Quote from: Europa on 19/07/2021 13:50:32So how can Tyson put forth this theory and claim that the computer simulations creator is not God?Why don't you email him and ask him if it is so important to you.
I will be wrong at some juncture. You will never see this.
Quote from: Europa on 20/07/2021 19:58:27I will be wrong at some juncture. You will never see this.Well there no such thing as 'gravitational expansion' and recession velocities exceeding c do not violate Relativity. So I'm going to have to disagree with you.
I think the whole idea of a simulated universe is ridiculous as to how could a supercomputer create every atom in existence and place every atom in its place even up my nose why would this computer create sicknesses, diseases and materials throw out the universe that we will never see. I think there is far too much going on and to me that makes it a total reality.
I suppose in the theory that nothing is actually real, but it just goes to show how frustrated astrophysicist are with the theory of relativity completely failing at a universal scale. Seems for once we actually agree.
Quite wrong as the reason that dark matter is speculated is that there is not enough mass and energy in the universe to fuel not just the expansion of the universe but the acceleration of the expansion velocity.
Now since this velocity is currently measured at 5 times light speed Einstein's theories are laid to waste.
Quote from: alancalverd on 20/07/2021 00:30:55Quote from: Europa on 19/07/2021 13:50:32It's hard to argue that we aren't living in a simulated worldBut what is it a simulation of? And why?Watch the video where Tyson explains himself. In my opinion the best physicist can not prove that the universe exist because there is 85 percent too little matter to allow for gravitational expansion so they up and created dark matter, but even that fails because new measurements seem to show galaxies moving at 5 times light speed which is impossible under relativity. So all that said now the loonies in charge are claiming that you are really code in a great big computer, something like the Matrix I suppose but Tyson presents it as reality not fiction.//www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAG9dAfy8U
Neil deGrasse Tyson - like Elon Musk - says it's hard to argue that we aren't living in a simulation, explaining that with the computing power to create worlds - that can create worlds, that then create more worlds - the likelihood that we're living in the "real world" is, at best, slim.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are here (or are they?) to investigate if we're living in a simulation. We explore the ever-advancing computer power and how that impacts the simulation hypothesis. Chuck wonders if a simulation universe has anything to do with us not being able to travel at the speed of light. You'll learn about Bayesian statistics. Lastly, Neil tells us how he was ready to embrace the simulation hypothesis until he came across a certain idea that changed his mind.