ARE WE LIVING IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION?

[Ex-California]

I've often thought about this in recent years.

There may be not merely a glitch in the Matrix. There may be a Loki, a prankster, suddenly running it. After all, the same kind of thing seemed to happen on Election Day: the program was all set, and then some mischievous overlord—whether alien or artificial intelligence doesn’t matter—said, “Well, what if he did win? How would they react?” “You can’t do that to them,” the wiser, older Architect said. “Oh, c’mon,” the kid said. “It’ll be funny. Let’s see what they do!” And then it happened. We seem to be living within a kind of adolescent rebellion on the part of the controllers of the video game we’re trapped in, who are doing this for their strange idea of fun.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultur ... simulation

Has the normalization of marijuana permeated society this deeply that this obvious-stoner conversation is gaining traction in the real world?

Or are these people still in the denial phase after the election?

[heydaralon]

Clearly we are. Its being run on Windows 98. Its made by the same folks who released Age of Empires. This simulation has the Middle East expansion pack.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Clearly we are. Its being run on Windows 98. Its made by the same folks who released Age of Empires. This simulation has the Middle East expansion pack.

I remember getting that for my birthday once, from the grandparents. Did my best to look excited, but they knew it was garbage from my face.

[Speaker to Animals]

Guys, I have been playing Age of Empires II for a month now. That game is still pretty damned good to this day.

[Lemonade]

Wake me up when the X-Com sim gets loaded.

[Speaker to Animals]

Wake me up when the X-Com sim gets loaded.

I am drawing the line at illegal space aliens.

[heydaralon]

I loved Age of Empires II. I liked the Barbarossa campaigns. That game owned. Also, StA is your avatar from the masterpiece Big Trouble in Little China?
John Carpenter and Kurt Russel had some great collaborations.

[Penner]

Found this youtube video on "Are We Living In A Simulation?" theory.

[Speaker to Animals]

I loved Age of Empires II. I liked the Barbarossa campaigns. That game owned. Also, StA is your avatar from the masterpiece Big Trouble in Little China?
John Carpenter and Kurt Russel had some great collaborations.

Yes. It's the scene where he had to go in disguise to the whorehouse, looking for the green-eyed Chinese girl.

[katarn]

Guys, I have been playing Age of Empires II for a month now. That game is still pretty damned good to this day.

AoE II is great. The Conquerors expansion was good too. Barbarossa and El Cid were fun campaigns.