http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:56:39 +0000 http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation en http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:56:39 +0000 folkert 1976 <a href="http://spacecollective.org/AsylumSeaker">AsylumSeaker</a> wrote:<br /><br />Just because simulations and reality might be written in the same languages and exhibit similar forms does not mean one is the other. http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:35:56 +0000 folkert 1976 <a href="http://spacecollective.org/MarianaSoffer">Mariana Soffer</a> wrote:<br /><br />When I studied genetics I thought we lived in a binary word, I realized that some of the genes in the chromosomes behaved like discrete numbers, they are inherited or not, and they are expressed or not as well, your eyes colors come from a combination of your inherited eyes genes and they express by choosing always the dominant over the recessive one, not by mixing the colors and reaching an intermediate one. Same happens with the sex of your kid, except for the dominant part, it is either chromosome x or y, no in betweens.. http://spacecollective.org/folkert/1976/sure-were-not-in-a-computer-simulation