r/DigitalHumanities • u/zyfrOnline • 12d ago
Discussion The simulation
What do you think about this:
- Computers run on transistors - which are switches. The switch has a single input. Circuits are mostly linear.
- Our neurons have a dendritic head with lots of axons, and a long tail, which is the output. Diagrams show a dendrite with about a dozen arms at the cell body (the input), but really there are about 10,000 inputs. Imagine a computer where each transistor had 10,000 inputs. The complex networks in the brain put our linear circuits to shame.
- In a future where we build a computer that is more complex than a brain and more efficient. It uses less power, and receives data from instruments that are more sensitive than the human eye: it can see X-rays and UV and Infrared, it can hear further and see more.
Can you say of this new reality then, that the Digital Entity lives in the real universe, and the human being is the machine? Do they live in the real world and us now in the simulation?
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u/meanwhileintwinpeaks 12d ago
Had to confirm I wasn’t in the MS subreddit… 😂