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Comment on The theory that we live in a simulation involves simulants running their own simulations; wouldn't that require impossibly more resources for the main sim?

doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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- steuls@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yes thats why no one says its a fact, its a theory
  
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  - deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Some might say a game theory
    
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Trollivier@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Or what if the entity that stimulates can just “dream” the simulation to make it happen?

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- learningduck@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Like Azathoth?
  
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