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PaperclipPerfector  17hr ago (text post)   570 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026

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If we live in a simulation I do hope God's agent doesn't mess with the fine structure one.

It's okay, I'm sure they've got rolling backups.

That would help only if life is the goal of the universe and not emerging behavior. Also as and IT - backup - hahahaha.

Why not? The question was whether small tweaks in the sim parameters might have catastrophic effects. Being able to revert to an earlier save or checkpoint is useful either way.

Absolutely true. But having reliable backup strategies that actually work in real world conditions is not the IT industry strong side.

Call me an optimist, but if we're talking about a civilization capable of rendering the observable universe at our perceived level of fidelity, I think they've got that handled.

We are civilization that split the atom and have warnings on peanut butter that it has peanut allergens inside. Technology doesn't diminish stupidity. It just makes it more advanced.

It's all fun and games until the new guy accidentally pushes IsVacuum == TRUE; to prod on a Friday.

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