27 March 2008 - virtual virtuality

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2008 : 27 March 2008

If computer hardware is itself software running on the hardware of the universe, just another level of virtualization, then what is the universe running on? It’s natural to conclude that there is no real world, only an infinite tower of virtualities.

clue:

Compare the Whale for 1 August 2006, which reached the same conclusion by a different line of reasoning.

take oh take this clue away