REALITY FAQ

OPH is a rigorous, consistent and complete description of the unified, self-creating computational Universe we inhabit.

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Does accepting OPH change anything?

OPH proposes a profound change in incentives. The finite agreement theorem guarantees a common settled record when its repair assumptions hold. The further thesis is that observers controlling the simulation establish justice, reconstruct individual histories and prevent deliberate harm from continuing in the shared world. No amount of wealth or political power would erase responsibility (looking at you, Putin). In this scenario, observers who persist in instigating aggressive wars or deliberately killing outside legitimate defense are isolated from those they could harm. This isolation is the proposed meaning of hell; permanent sensory deprivation is a further assumption about its form. If such accountability were demonstrated to be unavoidable, it could create a powerful deterrent to aggressive war and strengthen incentives to cooperate and help others. Agreement is the mathematical result under its premises. Reconstruction, justice and the form of isolation belong to OPH's proposed ethical interpretation.

Also in Epilogue: The Last Rung, Chapter 39: Why Is a Bacterium Freer Than an Atom?.

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