Tech Billionaires Are Asking Scientists For Help To Break Humans Out of Computer Simulation (businessinsider.com)

Many believe that we live in a computer simulation. But it takes a billionaire and his money to ask scientists to help break us out of the simulation. The New Yorker recently did a profile about Y Combinator's Sam Altman. In the story, Altman discusses his theories about being controlled by technology and delves into the simulation theory. From an article on The New Yorker: Many people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with the simulation hypothesis, the argument that what we experience as reality is in fact fabricated in a computer; two tech billionaires have gone so far as to secretly engage scientists to work on breaking us out of the simulation. Business Insider adds: The piece doesn't give any clue as to who those two billionaires are -- although it's easy to hazard a few guesses at who they might be, like Musk himself or Altman's friend Peter Thiel -- but it's fascinating to see how seriously people are taking this theory. According to Musk, it's the most popular topic of conversation right now.Earlier this year, at Code Conference, Elon Musk said there's "one in billions" chance we're not living in a computer simulation.

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Clinton is perhaps the least credible candidate

[PackMan97]

Clinton is perhaps the worst candidate there is. Consider the following facts:

• The next President will inherit a $20 trillion debt and a $600 billion (and growing) annual deficit.
• The US and the world are due for a recession.
• When that recession hits the budget deficit is epxected to balloon to $1.3 trillion BEFORE any attempted stiumulus.
• The federal reserve has maintained near record low interest rates and will not have lowing interest rates as a weapon to fight an economic slowdown (unless you consider negative interest rates).
• in 2019 (assuming no recession), it is projected that entitlements + defense + interest on the debt will exceed tax revenue leaving discretionary spending (thinks like Dept of Ed, HUD, National Parks, etc to be completely funded by debt).
• by 2023 (assuming no recession), it is projected that entitlements + interest on teh debt will exceed tax revenue, meaning everything else including defense will be paid for with new debt.

What will Clinton due when faced with this reality? We'll see massive deficis, more debt, negative interest rates and monetization of the interest rates. We'll see the same stuff that Bush did after the .com bubble and that Obama did after the great recession, except that with 100% of debt to GDP we simply don't have the resources we did then. Having Clinton peddling the same old tired solutions is going to lead to a lost generation of economic growth, the type that Japan can't break out of and that much of Europe is now entering.

Sure, Clinton seems reasonable and what not, but she is perhaps that most dangerous candidate due to her economic policies. They simply aren't going to work. ,