You want to write your weird sci-fi novel, go nuts, but don't expect to be taken seriously.
Bullshit like this belongs on the Fox News 'science' column, not Slashdot.
I wouldn't say that it doesn't belong because it's bullshit. It doesn't belong because it's not news, much less a novel idea. This idea, or something like it, has long been accepted by philosophers/scientists as being a possibility. There are many things that are possible that we have no evidence for, yet no way to falsify. But we have to make certain assumptions when developing a concept of reality, and it does not help to work under the assumption that theories such as these are true.
Yes, this is a a great movie. And was based on the theory: What if God created the world 10 minutes ago with all the knowledge and history already baked into reality.
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I wouldn't say that it doesn't belong because it's bullshit. It doesn't belong because it's not news, much less a novel idea. This idea, or something like it, has long been accepted by philosophers/scientists as being a possibility. There are many things that are possible that we have no evidence for, yet no way to falsify. But we have to make certain assumptions when developing a concept of reality, and it does not help to work under the assumption that theories such as these are true.
Anyway, it's basicall
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Guess they never saw Men in Black II.
Or read any pulp sci fi from the golden age of sci fi.
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Or The Thirteenth Floor, which I always thought was better than The Matrix. There just weren't a bunch of silly, I mean cool, special effects.
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Yes, this is a a great movie. And was based on the theory: What if God created the world 10 minutes ago with all the knowledge and history already baked into reality.
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Yeah, 13th Floor really got screwed by coming out the same year as the Matrix.
More thoughtful, but less gosh-wow and way less action adventure.
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Or Vernor Vinge's "The Cookie Monster".