>>>>>As soon as the simulation behaves like a human being, it changes behavior when observed.
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>>>>I think we're already miscommunicating.
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>>>>The idea is to create a model, a simulation, of a bunch of fundamental particles and quarks.
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>>>>Through that, build up atoms, molecules, cells, and eventually, a human being.
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>>>>So there is a simulation of physics, and within that simulation we've put together a human being.
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>>>>With me so far?
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>>>So far yes, but I went further. Eventually, the wet dream of all Harry Sheldons of this world is to build a simulation of a society and thus predict the effect of whatever they intended to do, which is usually to get rich, famous or in power.
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>>That's not where I was headed at all.
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>Where to, then? If the purpose is not to learn more about how we (manage to stay a)live, what makes us tick, and as we are the zoon politikon, what makes our societies - then what? Or, rather, why? What is the purpose of any simulation but to simulate in it what we can't do in real life?


The purpose is to compare the model to the measurements of the model made within the model., to see if that's the right way to understand quantum mechanics.