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Henemy145 karma

Hello!

  1. A question that I ask at every AMA cause I find it always interesting: what led you to your profession? I see you touched on previously being a missionary but could you trace back a bit on your career path and describe your decision making?
  2. Is your disagreement with Chomsky entirely within the linguistic sphere or does it extend to other fields as well?
  3. Another staple question: favorite book?

Henemy2 karma

Also, wouldn't it be a problem to simulate computers? If the simulation hypotesis is grounded in the (debatable) fact that we can and will simulate the universe in its entirety, it also means that we can simulate an endless amount of computers able to simulate reality, right? So it would not just simulate one universe, but an endless string of them. Like an endless box that contains an infinite amount of endless boxes, otherwise, either:

1)a simulated universe couldn't simulate a subsequent one, thus disproving the basis of the theory

2) each simulation would be less accurate

Henemy2 karma

I'm sorry, I'm not a native speaker, nor have any background in physics/math. Could you explain to me the difference between accurate and precise?

Henemy1 karma

Hi! This is something I ask often but how did you end up doing what you do? Education and career-wise. Thanks in advance for the answer!