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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 66654" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: You&#039;re welcome.Wether the universe and our existence is real or not is of no consequence to me. If it turns out that the universe only exist because we believe it exists, or because it believes that it exists, then hopefulle anyone that stumbles upon the truth has got the sense to keep it a secret. If I were to find out that I&#039;m a character in a Grand Theft Auto simulation on Quentin Tarantino&#039;s PC, then I might change my ways in order to not disappoint the gameplayer, or living inside any simulation I would probably want to behave in such a way that I would be rewarded with continued existence in other simulations or whatever the perk might be. Being ignorant about the actual state of our existence, I just have to take my chances and behave in a morally and ethically sound manner that will be appropriate whatever the true nature of our existence.Since all indications are that the true nature of our reality doesn&#039;t influence what we are able to learn about the reality, it doesn&#039;t even have any impact on the way we go about studying the universe, since it seems to be stable and coherent and any apparent anomalies we have observed seems to have an explanation once we have expanded our knowledge by studying the anomalies we thought we observed. My claim therefore is that these questions might be interesting mental excercises, but ultimately of no consequence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 66654, member: 1285"] Re: You're welcome. Wether the universe and our existence is real or not is of no consequence to me. If it turns out that the universe only exist because we believe it exists, or because it believes that it exists, then hopefulle anyone that stumbles upon the truth has got the sense to keep it a secret. If I were to find out that I'm a character in a Grand Theft Auto simulation on Quentin Tarantino's PC, then I might change my ways in order to not disappoint the gameplayer, or living inside any simulation I would probably want to behave in such a way that I would be rewarded with continued existence in other simulations or whatever the perk might be. Being ignorant about the actual state of our existence, I just have to take my chances and behave in a morally and ethically sound manner that will be appropriate whatever the true nature of our existence. Since all indications are that the true nature of our reality doesn't influence what we are able to learn about the reality, it doesn't even have any impact on the way we go about studying the universe, since it seems to be stable and coherent and any apparent anomalies we have observed seems to have an explanation once we have expanded our knowledge by studying the anomalies we thought we observed. My claim therefore is that these questions might be interesting mental excercises, but ultimately of no consequence. [/QUOTE]

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