20151110 - Jim Elvidge - Digital Simulated Reality - Live Show Chat Thread

[ZomZom]

No consciousness without free will is an interesting new though to me.

[Lilith]

Hi ! 

[FLLFlash]

Damn I'm just really glad Art is back. Do you know what I mean folks?   

Ja!

[phrodo]

She sounds like a corpse.

The way she does her ...... phrasing ....... really bothers me because ... it doesn't seem natURAL. Her inflections are odd - and ... she puts special emPHASis -- on weird words. In weird places.

[Gumby, Dammit]

No consciousness without free will is an interesting new though to me.

Now THAT'S deep indeed.

[SciFiAuthor]

No consciousness without free will is an interesting new though to me.

I'm not sure I buy it.

[maren]

After i slip her a 20 she will

A 20?  You're right.  A miracle.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

wonder if he ever gets told he sounds like sort of like Jeff Goldblum

I don't hear it.

[QuantumMystics]

What if we are all just simulations of simulations of simulations? Think Inception. We could all just be extras in one of Data and Geordie's holodeck programs.

So then out of all the things that exist that could seem possible...but why would the simulation include aging and dying?
I'll wormhole Art about that one.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/age/

[maren]

I'm not sure I buy it.

I'm not sure I get it!

[Barfly]

Hi ! 

Hi Brig, good to see ya

[Gumby, Dammit]

I'm not sure I buy it.

It's a good conversational postulate though. We have will (free or not) therefor we are self aware; conscious.

[JamesMcDonald]

lol now that you mentioned Jeff Goldblum I can't get the image out of my mind. It's hilarious.

[SciFiAuthor]

So then out of all the things that exist that could seem possible...but why would the simulation include aging and dying?
I'll wormhole Art about that one.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/age/

Entropy is a basic law of the universe. All aging and death is a result of entropy in the same way that stars burn out and die etc. It only means that time moves forward in the simulation.

[Lilith]

I'm not sure I buy it.

I don't buy it.  Conscious, brainwashed people operate outside of their free will.

[Gumby, Dammit]

lol now that you mentioned Jeff Goldblum I can't get the image out of my mind. It's hilarious.

Lol. For reals...same here.

[trostol]

lol now that you mentioned Jeff Goldblum I can't get the image out of my mind. It's hilarious.

it's like real life Ian Malcolm

[ZomZom]

I'm liking this show.  Sort of like one of those late-night discussions with college roommates where everyone goes, 'whoa' every few minutes.

[FLLFlash]

I have been to Bahia Honda many times, its not that far and its a nice ride on the bike, i just take my dog to dog beach here in Key West, she doesn't travel well anymore.

I you need something I'm here.

[trostol]

I'm liking this show.  Sort of like one of those late-night discussions with college roommates where everyone goes, 'whoa' every few minutes.

[SciFiAuthor]

I don't buy it.  Conscious, brainwashed people operate outside of their free will.

Good point. I just don't know if you could ever determine if you really have free will at all. You can't know that if you're an AI running a program.

[maren]

Thanks! I will check that out. I have a liquid cooled Quad 2.5 Ghz G5 in the studio, last run that they made them ten or so years ago. Still performs flawlessly with OS 10.5.6. But I'd like to upgrade soon.

If you've got 10.5.6 you're not in dire need, right?     It'll just be so nice to get a new toy.  Happy to hear you're 'ol standby is still delivering. 

[JamesMcDonald]

I'm liking this show.  Sort of like one of those late-night discussions with college roommates where everyone goes, 'whoa' every few minutes.

When we did that it was because we were on magic mushrooms.

[Ghost Nutter]

Last night's show would have been better if he would have told us stories about investgating demons and such rather than talking about his relgion the entire time

[Gumby, Dammit]

I don't buy it.  Conscious, brainwashed people operate outside of their free will.

Possibly? They have given up their free will (against their will or not), therefor they are outside the framework of the concept.

[norland2424]

hows the show tonight? 

[Spinner]

Just got a new MacBook Air -- they keep getting better and better.  (I've been using macs for 15 years, and feel put upon when I have to use Windows at work).  Check out the refurbished ones on Apple's site -- still pricy, but a bit of a break.  My brother always gets them and has been absolutely happy.

Lucky you! I wish I could get a MacBook Air just because of the lighter weight, but I don't have the $$$. Thankfully, my old MacBook Pro is still doing great. Macs ARE wonderful.

[maren]

I'm liking this show.  Sort of like one of those late-night discussions with college roommates where everyone goes, 'whoa' every few minutes.

Haha!  I'm going to stop writing/reading and start listening -- I miss too much when I'm jawing away.

[SciFiAuthor]

hows the show tonight? 

Mindblowing.

[Barfly]

I you need something I'm here.

I will be there this Saturday, going on a bike run up to Islamorada with some friends, we usually stop at Bahia Honda for a bit.