Hello World

Quite an apt title I thought for my first post, as this is usually the simplest program in the first chapter of many a beginners' computer programming manual. It's funny also that the initial step on the road to being a programmer  should warrant the computer to be able to communicate with the world outside. Surely one would think that the beginning of a course of this type would require  firstly, the developer to communicate with the computer - not vice versa. Anyway, I'm not a programmer myself but have tried to be, hence the knowledge of the very first chapter of quite a few books on the subject. I also know quite a bit about Aardvaarks!!

I'm not a religious person. I was brought up a roman catholic but over the years I've developed a healthy level of skepticism and my university training has helped develop an enquiring and - most of the time - logical outlook on things. However, nobody's perfect and should you believe that my thoughts are those of a raving lunatic, then leave a message and tell me!

OK you think, if you're not a raving lunatic, then why are you even considering the possibility of life existing in a vitual simulation? Firstly, it's not a belief .... it's a hypothesis..... a theory to be discussed. There are too many sites on the internet written by people who believe something and then try to convince the world (and themselves) that it is true. This blog is different in the fact that - I'm trying to prove the hypothesis INCORRECT. However - it may be just as improbable (not impossible) to do this as it is to prove the existence of God/Intelligent Designer. Secondly, I've seen the Matrix Trilogy and just thought that the existential ideas brought up by the Brothers Wachowski should be discussed further.

So please feel free to comment on any of my posts or indeed share your own ideas on the subject. I'll  be posting as and when I think of something else, or a movie/book/story/news article inspires me to do so and will endeavour to reply to your comments.

Thanks

GFK