Maybe it DOES exist after all. Or is it Gigantopithecus making a return? -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/bigfoot-dna-proves-creature-exists-genetic_n_2199984.html

Yes, I did consider this, Bot. It could be argued for all anomalous phenomena (UFOs/UAPs, chupacabras, Mothman, angels, etc).

Or, could they be the result of a utility fog? Maybe we are surrounded by these tiny machines and sometimes they come together and form all kinds of exotic creatures and objects under the right conditions.

There's even the idea that they may arise from the quantum vacuum, like the hypothetical Boltzmann Brains.

This is the problem isn't it; so much speculation and few real answers, but it's fun to ponder.

You can't substitute "paranormal" for "Bigfoot" because Bigfoot is part of the paranormal. Implanted artefacts--is that the same as inserts? Another possible explantion is that cryptic creatures are hybrids created by ufonauts who are notorious for their compulsion for hybridization. Nessy, for example, doesn't fit as any known creature (and neither does Bigfoot) possibly because it is a hybrid created by ufonauts.

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There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Now Melba Ketchum is saying she's got HD video evidence of Bigfoot - http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/bigfoot-update-melba-ketchum-to-release-high-definition-video-of-sasquatch/2012/12/13

Hope this is not some kind of publicity stunt!

Rationale Inquirer,

Ghosts would not be inserts. Why not? Depends on your frame of reference. From a programmed 'reality' frame of reference, any apparent magick or ghostly illusion may be derived from a very astute programmer simply for effect. All matter consists of light. Einstein's equation E=mc^2 means that mass is condensed energy and in its purest form, energy is light. Perhaps then, matter consists of photons which have somehow condensed into more complex structures. There is no such thing as solid man or solid anything for that matter (some understanding of dual wave/particle theory also helps). Both man and ghost are merely illusions - I like to call them 'transmission' holograms. Yes they are both forms of condensed light, albeit, of a different frequency on the EM spectrum. Indeed you could say, the programmer is the 'Master of All Illusion'.

Jim calls them NPCs for 'Non-Player Characters' (he mentions them in his book, have you not read?). This is from video game lingo. For some understanding of what Jim means by NPCs refer to the Topic: 'Questions for Jim', Jim's post dated 29 May 2012 in response to LoneCrowe's post dated 28 May 2012. I'm sure there are others on the forum, it's just a case of searching for them.

Cheers!

Rational Inquirer,

Yes, I now agree, there is a problem with semantics. Unless we are both 'singing from the same song sheet' we aint gonna agree about anything!! As Jim has said before, "The word 'simulation' can mean so many things- we really need a vocabulary to identify the distinctions and components".

To clarify: My idea of a Virtual World Simulation is that Consciousness is the programmer and the rest (i.e the 3D physical-simulated World) is ALL an illusion. As far as I'm concerned, the 'real' world is Consciousness which is, an integrated information network with energy/information duality.

I am not a proponent of Nick Bostrom's Ancestor Simulation and Sim within Sim theories (if this is where you're coming from). If we are all Virtual people with Simulated consciousness, then, it is highly probable that the 'Mother' Universe will also contain Virtual people with Simulated consciousness alongwith its Simulated computer - so in effect, we end up with an infinite number of cascading sub-simulations, none of them 'real' worlds but, nevertheless, profoundly real to its inhabitants. First of all, I have deep reservations that we can simulate Consciousness. I believe that Consciousness, as we know it, requires a vital substrate that a computer cannot replicate. Furthermore, if we go all the way back down to the roots of the Simulation 'Tree' we will ultimately find the single progenitor Universe or the 'real' world, as I like to call it -a non-dimensional plane of existence constituted of purely 'mind stuff'. A higher density/plane of malleable thought waves, or Pure Cosmic Consciousness.

Personally, in the application of Occam's razor, or the law of parsimony, I would discount Nick's theory. I'd just simply go with the idea that - "The entire Universe is a holographically intertwined network of energy and information, organically whole".

Rational Inquirer,

Not contradictory, just misunderstood!!

I should elaborate further - 'Consciousness is an information-bearing medium i.e. Consciousness bears information similar to the way DNA bears genetic information'. In fact, this theory was proposed by Bruce Mangan of the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Also check out the paper, 'Quantum Information Research supports Consciousness as Information'.

http://www.matzkefamily.net/doug/papers/issseem99paper.pdf

So from all of the above we have:

Consciousness/Information------------> Energy---------------> Matter/Light (illusion).

In fact, we could have the triad, Information/Energy/Matter in never-ending cyclic movement and transformation.

Since I am no expert on Simulation Theory I decline to be drawn into a debate about it, but I hope the above at least covers some of your queries.