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Fred Stiller:
What are the limits to the perceptive faculties of our identity units? Listen, suppose we were beings who had been programmed in a computer. We'd sit here, drinking whiskey. We'd perceive what is in fact our imaginary world as if it were the real one. Fritz Walfang:
Of course, an electronically simulated environment would appear real to the electronic being
What are the limits to the perceptive faculties of our identity units? Listen, suppose we were beings who had been programmed in a computer. We'd sit here, drinking whiskey. We'd perceive what is in fact our imaginary world as if it were the real one. Fritz Walfang:
Of course, an electronically simulated environment would appear real to the electronic being
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of our identity units?
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Listen, suppose
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we were beings who had been
programmed in a computer.
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We'd sit here, drinking whiskey.
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We'd perceive what is in fact
our imaginary world
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as if it were the real one.
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Of course. An electronically
simulated environment
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would appear real
to an electronic being.
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Good.
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And can glitches occur?
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It's possible, but not very.
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And what would a glitch be like?
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A glitch?
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Here's a simple example:
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You're driving down a street
that suddenly ends because
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it hasn't been fully programmed.
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But after a few seconds
the artificial being
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would see a completed street
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because the correcting software
had kicked in.
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It's obvious:
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What can't exist, doesn't.
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Movie Summary
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena
Actors
Fred Stiller
Fritz Walfang
