Petros2015
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Especially since things do not seem to exist apart from our input or observing it/them, etc, then they just kind of "pop into place or become so in that spot at that time, etc, and before that appears to be in all and of any kinds of places and/or positions, etc, until we actually observe and/or turn our focus or gaze or attention to it or them, etc, then it is, in that instant, it is all of the sudden "there", where we are expecting it to be, etc, and then when we turn away, it is not again, etc, until we look or see or hear, (or smell or whatever), then it is "again", etc, and then not again not when we are not again, etc...
Optimization; if no one is looking at that part of the universe, the computer doesn't have to display it and can conserve resources. If someone looks, its displays it so as to say 'see? it was there all along'
It does keep track of things though - if someone plants a landmine all alone in the forest at night and then then walks off and forgets about it or dies, 20 years later the landmine will still blow up if a kid who wasn't born yet when it was planted steps on it.
If you want to view the world this way, God as the programmer, ourselves as AIs, the universe running on a harddrive on a server somewhere, I guess you pretty much could. Jesus is then an 'avatar' basically, the programmer who knew all the cheat codes for the universe that he designed, visiting and walking among the AIs. God would have complete control over the universe, having designed it. Stop time? No problem. Speed time up? No problem. Make universe appear to be 16 billion years old even though simulation really started running 6 days ago. Sure. Raise dead? Simple. Could even restore the whole universe to previous point from a backup. Throw an AI into heavenly eternal bliss or hell? Easy. Dissolve old universe by fire, create new universe and restore saved AIs to it in immortal state. Not a problem. Turn all AIs into penguins tomorrow. Also simple. Shut off server and walk away... he could do that too.
Knowing what any individual AI is feeling or praying or needing... would be hard though. That's an overwhelming amount of information to keep track of and address, assuming the programmer wanted to. Probably the programmer would write other AIs to handle that and delegate the responsibility. I guess he might call them 'angels'.
It's an interesting thought. While I doubt it's much like that, I do think it's probably kinda like that? Anything that a programmer could do with AIs in an artificial universe, God can probably do in his created universe (and more). He's not 'tied' to it. The artificial universe didn't produce the programmer, the programmer produced the artificial universe and all the laws that it runs by. And he's not subject to them.
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