Durham launches a virtual world built on the "Autoverse," a system allowing for infinite, self-replicating computational nodes, promising infinite life to its inhabitants.
Permutation City is available in audible format and is a 1994 John W. Campbell Award winner . If you'd like, I can: the three main plot lines Explain the Dust Theory in simpler terms
Egan suggests that the mathematical data constituting a consciousness exists regardless of the order in which the calculations are performed. Even if a simulation is broken into pieces, scattered across time, and computed in a chaotic, non-continuous way ("dust"), the experience of that conscious self still occurs. Key Narrative Features
If a human brain can be simulated, the "pattern" of that mind is what matters, not the specific physical substrate.
A meticulously simulated universe with different physical laws, seeded with life to evolve for billions of years.
It is considered one of the ultimate explorations of digital consciousness, merging complex physics and computer science.
Permutation City (1994) Author: Greg Egan Genre: Hard SF / Post-Cyberpunk The Premise: Life as a Copy
Permutation City is a deep dive into existential, post-humanist questions, ultimately questioning whether a copy is truly "alive" or merely a functional, haunted simulation.
Durham launches a virtual world built on the "Autoverse," a system allowing for infinite, self-replicating computational nodes, promising infinite life to its inhabitants.
Permutation City is available in audible format and is a 1994 John W. Campbell Award winner . If you'd like, I can: the three main plot lines Explain the Dust Theory in simpler terms
Egan suggests that the mathematical data constituting a consciousness exists regardless of the order in which the calculations are performed. Even if a simulation is broken into pieces, scattered across time, and computed in a chaotic, non-continuous way ("dust"), the experience of that conscious self still occurs. Key Narrative Features Permutation City
If a human brain can be simulated, the "pattern" of that mind is what matters, not the specific physical substrate.
A meticulously simulated universe with different physical laws, seeded with life to evolve for billions of years. Durham launches a virtual world built on the
It is considered one of the ultimate explorations of digital consciousness, merging complex physics and computer science.
Permutation City (1994) Author: Greg Egan Genre: Hard SF / Post-Cyberpunk The Premise: Life as a Copy If you'd like, I can: the three main
Permutation City is a deep dive into existential, post-humanist questions, ultimately questioning whether a copy is truly "alive" or merely a functional, haunted simulation.