I'm genuinely intrigued by this. I don't blame Jony for not being aware of what constitutes a sub-optimal programming environment (although it does seem a bit odd for someone who works in tech). What's staggers me is, as a designer, did he conduct *any* usability research before sinking so much money into this project? Pilot studies? Multivariate testing?
Ok I know we've done this but..
1. Advanced humans somewhere have sufficient technology to create artificial realities containing conscious humans.
2. They go on to create and maintain billions of these artificial realities.
3. Their motivation for doing this is unknown, and they are sufficiently immoral to include extreme suffering within at least one of them.
4. There is a single 'objective' reality which the advanced humans inhabit, and billions of artifical realities that they have created, therefore our reality is probably one of the artificial ones.
Do I understand the argument correctly? It's can't be that stupid and pointless... can it?
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I'm genuinely intrigued by this. I don't blame Jony for not being aware of what constitutes a sub-optimal programming environment (although it does seem a bit odd for someone who works in tech). What's staggers me is, as a designer, did he conduct *any* usability research before sinking so much money into this project? Pilot studies? Multivariate testing?
Barely enough to supply power to Ireland To really make a difference it would need to be about 450GW
So basically, you think a single power station should be able to power an entire nation. Genius.
Ok I know we've done this but.. 1. Advanced humans somewhere have sufficient technology to create artificial realities containing conscious humans. 2. They go on to create and maintain billions of these artificial realities. 3. Their motivation for doing this is unknown, and they are sufficiently immoral to include extreme suffering within at least one of them. 4. There is a single 'objective' reality which the advanced humans inhabit, and billions of artifical realities that they have created, therefore our reality is probably one of the artificial ones. Do I understand the argument correctly? It's can't be that stupid and pointless... can it?