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Lawjarp2 t1_it8gh01 wrote

Reply to comment by purple_hamster66 in Thoughts on Full Dive - Are we in one right now? by fignewtgingrich

Why not just terraform a planet and create a civilization to observe

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camdoodlebop t1_itauj8l wrote

that would be way more expensive

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Lawjarp2 t1_itawli3 wrote

It wouldn't be. Simulation is way more energy intensive. If it wasn't we wouldn't have many diseases as we could test most medicine in simulation.

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camdoodlebop t1_itax4re wrote

well we don't know how efficient simulations can get, technology is getting more efficient all the time

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Lawjarp2 t1_itazm4m wrote

AI based simulations are not true simulations, they are approximations. True simulations of the universe, or even just a few molecules, down to the fundamental particles is prohibitively expensive.

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