One variation on where an exploit of the simulation might lead to:

http://i.imgur.com/8KrABb5.png

On the one hand, we sure seem pretty cooperative for a race designed to be warlike. Though on the other, I can imagine a race to whom we're horrifically warlike. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

We're pretty social with other humans. But we tend to treat other animals pretty shitily. Also, there's serious argument that we committed genocide upon Neanderthals and perhaps some other early-human offshoots.

>We're pretty social with other humans.

I don't think that's an opinion that would survive reading the history section in a Library for very long.

Are there any nonsocial animals that wage wars?

Could it be called a war if non-social animals are waging it?

That's like part 2 to http://lesswrong.com/lw/qk/that_alien_message/

See also: http://lesswrong.com/lw/qk/that_alien_message/

That was surprisingly good

Brilliant! I can but wish someone would turn that into a longer story.

It reminds me of these two short stories.

That Alien Message: http://lesswrong.com/lw/qk/that_alien_message/

I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility: https://qntm.org/responsibility

You might want to check out Sam Hughes. He's written a few different serialized stories that are based around broadly similar themes. For instance:

https://qntm.org/structure

https://qntm.org/ra

https://qntm.org/ed (this one is older and a lot less polished)

According to this if our universe is a simulation, humanity will eventually become skynet for our creators...

I hope so.

I'd read that three book series.

First person to achieve arbitrary code execution on the simulator gets 100 internet points.

Wouldn't that be "real magic"? Re-writing the state of the universe or otherwise influencing how that state progresses? I have read stories where 'magic' causes side effects.

That's basically the premise of Scott Meyer's "Off to be the Wizard" (Magic 2.0) book series. It's a lot of fun, I recommend it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Meyer_(author)#Magic_2.0

> The series follows Martin Banks, a programmer from 2012, who uses a computer file that allows him to alter reality to time travel to medieval England where he joins a community of other computer programmers posing as wizards.

Internet points redeemable for anything with a working exploit.

I'd like to see a VM escape.

Ha,maybe someone is trying to communicate with us from outside the simulation of the universe.

That or someone is vacuuming next to the universe simulating super computer.

I hope there are enough plugs.