Bullshit and BullshittersWe've had questions about lies and liars in the past, but this time we're asking about the sort of fantasist who constantly claims they've got a helicopter in the garden or was "second onto the balcony at the Iranian Embassy siege". Tell us about the cobblers you've been told, or the complete lies you've come out with.
Thanks to dozer for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:55)
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Ahm..There are at present some chaps working out whether there is a difference between the observed and calculated values of PI at some pointlessly accurate level.
The implication being that a simulation must necessarily be more granular than reality at some level* so any difference between the simulation and objective reality should be observable in the quantisation of measurable qualities.
*Otherwise more information would be required to run a given volume of simulation than a given volume of base reality, If I understand teh argument correctly
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DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:32,
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Source on this?I'd be fascinated to hear what they're using for 'observed digits of pi', as opposed to calculated. The problem with the universe is that it is granular - the perfectly smooth, dense and compact spaces we do maths on don't really exist.
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