Point taken, I need to better constrain the problem. So, how about, “It must be able to sustain transfer of information between two autonomous agents.” But then I’ve used the concept of “two”, autonomous agent. eek!
So a better specification would be, “The world must contain information.” Or, more rigorously, “The world must have observable phenomena that aid in predicting future phenomena.”
Now, can such a simulated world exist? And is there a whole branch of philosphy addressing this problem that I need to brush up on?
Z._M._Davis: No. Why? Because I said so ;-)
Point taken, I need to better constrain the problem. So, how about, “It must be able to sustain transfer of information between two autonomous agents.” But then I’ve used the concept of “two”, autonomous agent. eek!
So a better specification would be, “The world must contain information.” Or, more rigorously, “The world must have observable phenomena that aid in predicting future phenomena.”
Now, can such a simulated world exist? And is there a whole branch of philosphy addressing this problem that I need to brush up on?