Are We Living In A Box?

Rageforthemachine · December 15 2012, 02:56 AM

Which pill would you take?

http://news.techeye.net/science/scie...#ixzz2EvauuhC7

Mr. Laser Beam · December 15 2012, 03:42 AM

PurpleBuddha · December 16 2012, 06:00 AM

Maybe a box within a box.

The Castellan · December 16 2012, 06:35 AM

Thinking in a box, yes.

Silvercrest · December 16 2012, 07:14 AM

Computer, end program.

COMPUTER, END PROGRAM!!!

COMPUTER, END @#$% PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dang.

StarMan · December 17 2012, 02:08 AM

Maybe December 21st, 2012 is the scheduled defrag of The Universe. Long overdue, IMO.

Crazy Eddie · December 17 2012, 03:03 AM

Rageforthemachine wrote:

Which pill would you take?

http://news.techeye.net/science/scie...#ixzz2EvauuhC7

Whichever pill allows me to pretend I am not a homeless person living in a box.

In all seriousness, this is easily the most frivolous scientific study I have ever heard of and I can only hope that the scientists involved haven't managed to con anyone into giving them real money for it.

Gov Kodos · December 17 2012, 06:12 AM

Time for Jack: Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives.

scotpens · December 18 2012, 06:43 AM

Lonemagpie · December 18 2012, 12:26 PM

Gimme the god mode cheat code, that's all I'd want... Maybe noclip as well... Definitely level skip/select

lurok · December 18 2012, 03:43 PM

There is no box. Only then will we realize the truth.

Robert Maxwell · December 18 2012, 03:57 PM

It ultimately doesn't matter whether we are living in what could be described as a "simulation" or not. Whatever our universe "really" is at the core, what we do know is that its physical rules have been constant since shortly after the Big Bang, and it's been around long enough that I don't think we have to worry about anyone "shutting it off" anytime soon.

This makes it a fundamentally irrelevant question. Whether our universe is "real" or just a very, very well-done simulation, it's a difference that makes no difference.

Mr. Laser Beam · December 18 2012, 06:19 PM

"Nothing unreal exists." - T'plana'hath, matron of Vulcan philosophy

Zion Ravescene · December 21 2012, 10:17 AM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

"Nothing unreal exists." - T'plana'hath, matron of Vulcan philosophy

That was Kiri-Kin-Tha's first law of metaphysics! You're getting your Vulcan philosophers mixed up.

Mr. Laser Beam · December 21 2012, 12:53 PM

Oops.

December 15 2012, 02:56 AM	#1
Rageforthemachine Rear Admiral	Are We Living In A Box? Which pill would you take? http://news.techeye.net/science/scie...#ixzz2EvauuhC7

December 15 2012, 03:42 AM	#2
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Are We Living In A Box? __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

December 16 2012, 06:00 AM	#3
PurpleBuddha Rear Admiral	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Maybe a box within a box. __________________ We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. -Ronald Reagan

December 16 2012, 06:35 AM	#4
The Castellan Commodore Location: The Plains of Cydonia	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Thinking in a box, yes. __________________ The meaning of the apocalypse is the opposite of what most people think. It does not mean the end of the world; it means the revealing of hidden secrets and the beginning of a heaven on earth. The apocalypse is starting now.

December 16 2012, 07:14 AM	#5
Silvercrest Rear Admiral Location: Lost in Moria (Arlington, WA, USA)	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Computer, end program. COMPUTER, END PROGRAM!!! *COMPUTER, END @#$% PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* Dang.

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December 17 2012, 02:08 AM	#6
StarMan Vice Admiral Location: New Zealand.	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Maybe December 21st, 2012 is the scheduled defrag of The Universe. Long overdue, IMO. __________________ So... Shall we begin?

December 17 2012, 06:12 AM	#8
Gov Kodos Vice Admiral Location: Gov Kodos Regretably far from Boston	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Time for Jack: Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. __________________ “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

December 18 2012, 06:43 AM	#9
scotpens Rear Admiral Location: Los Angeles, CA	Re: Are We Living In A Box? __________________ “All the universe or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?”

December 18 2012, 12:26 PM	#10
Lonemagpie Writer Location: Yorkshire	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Gimme the god mode cheat code, that's all I'd want... Maybe noclip as well... Definitely level skip/select __________________ "I got two modes with people- Bite, and Avoid" Reading: Mystery Man (Colin Bateman) Blog- http://lonemagpie.livejournal.com

December 18 2012, 03:43 PM	#11
lurok Commodore Location: Lost In The EU Expanse	Re: Are We Living In A Box? There is no box. Only then will we realize the truth.

December 18 2012, 03:57 PM	#12
Robert Maxwell Cherry Chassis Location: The Track	Re: Are We Living In A Box? It ultimately doesn't matter whether we are living in what could be described as a "simulation" or not. Whatever our universe "really" is at the core, what we do know is that its physical rules have been constant since shortly after the Big Bang, and it's been around long enough that I don't think we have to worry about anyone "shutting it off" anytime soon. This makes it a fundamentally irrelevant question. Whether our universe is "real" or just a very, very well-done simulation, it's a difference that makes no difference. __________________ Your crash was, like, spectacular! My world simulation project! Also: Women and Men: Self-Image and Rape Culture

December 18 2012, 06:19 PM	#13
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Are We Living In A Box? "Nothing unreal exists." - T'plana'hath, matron of Vulcan philosophy __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

December 21 2012, 12:53 PM	#15
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Are We Living In A Box? Oops. __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.