Or what if the entity that stimulates can just “dream” the simulation to make it happen?
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
You’re thinking in terms of how we do simulations within our universe. If the universe is a simulation then the machine that is simulating it is necessarily outside of the known universe. We can’t know for sure that it has to play by the same rules of physics or even of logic and reasoning as a machine within our universe. Maybe in the upper echelon universe computers don’t need power, or they have infinite time for calculations for reasons beyond our understanding.
Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
learningduck@programming.dev 4 months ago
Like Azathoth?
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 months ago
But that’s just a guess. It’s not necessarily true. You’re just saying “simulations might be possible, therefore they are definitely possible, therefore we are likely in a simulation”.
That’s not logically sound. You can replace “simulation” with “God” and prove the existence of God similarly. It’s just a guess.
steuls@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yes thats why no one says its a fact, its a theory
deafboy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as “theory”, is in fact, a “hypothesis”…
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bitfucker@programming.dev 4 months ago
Some might say a game theory