UBC researchers claim the universe can’t be a simulation, citing math that proves reality goes beyond computation and algorithmic logic.

And here I was waiting to get unplugged, or maybe finding a Nokia phone that received a call.

  • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Yes, just like Minecraft worlds are so antiquated given how they contain diamonds in deep layers that must have taken a billion years to form.

    What a simulated world contains as its local timescale doesn’t mean the actual non-local run time is the same.

    It’s quite possible to create a world that appears to be billions of years old but only booted up seconds ago.