SCIENCE
COMEDY
DEBATE
SYDNEY Sci Fight: we are living in a simulation
Thu, 01 Feb
|Fusebox Studio at The Factory Theatre
Come to Factory Theatre for a burger and beer with your red or blue pill while these comedians and scientists sort fact from fiction.
Time & Location
01 Feb 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm AEDT
Fusebox Studio at The Factory Theatre, 105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204, Australia
About the event
** Tickets on sale 1 December**
Sci Fight is leaving the confines of Melbourne and taking a trip to sunny Sydney!
This rounds topic: We are living in a simulation
Simulation theory posits the notion that if humanity doesn’t wipe itself out shortly, humans of the future will have massive computers. This seems legit.
But if they have massive computers; several annoying commentators argue; they will no doubt run ancestor simulations; for fun, for education, or to figure out just why 21st century humans were just really into Crossfit. If they do this, every copy of every simulation will far exceed the numbers of us biological humans, ergo, we are FAR MORE LIKELY to be a simulation than a real human. Day. Ruined.
Being in a simulation might explain some of the odder parts of reality. Shortcomings in the code might account for why certain atomic particles seem to behave…