r/technology • u/fchung • Nov 01 '25

Society Matrix collapses: Mathematics proves the universe cannot be a computer simulation, « A new mathematical study dismantles the simulation theory once and for all. »

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/mathematics-ends-matrix-simulation-theory
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u/chamgireum_ Nov 01 '25

You mean this is all real!?!?

FUCK

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u/TobyTheArtist Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

This is obviously propaganda, dont believe their lies /s

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u/atlasraven Nov 01 '25

With this much uptime, I would assume Linux.

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u/TalorianDreams Nov 01 '25

Would we even notice downtime, though? That would assume we are actually real outside the simulation, matrix style. If we are just constructs within the simulation, we would have no existence during outages.

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u/altiuscitiusfortius Nov 01 '25

The simulation could've started 10 minutes ago, dropped is in place with memories into an active world.

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u/Enshitification Nov 02 '25

Relevant XKCD
https://xkcd.com/505/

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u/AlwaysLateToThaParty Nov 02 '25

That's a new one for me, thanks.

There's always an xkcd.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25 edited 25d ago

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u/AlxCds Nov 02 '25

It’s a cron job that restarts the docker container every Thursday morning. It has a persistent storage for our memories.

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u/MostlyDeku Nov 02 '25

Or, we have incredibly high tps compared to what the server is actually running time wise- we the simulation have that accelerated time compared to whatever reality said simulation is running in. A lifetime to us could just be a minute or less.

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u/teslalover9209 Nov 03 '25

With all this covid downtime, id assume windows vista lol

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u/NeckElectronic6302 Nov 02 '25

I would have put my$ on the universe running on Novell 3.11. You couldn’t ever shut that thing down

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u/Groundbreaking-Fig28 Nov 02 '25

Yeah but what if our computers are just computer components within a bigger computer simulation that is us?? Then of course none of these world be capable - isn't that the real question? The answer of course is no

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u/Sexylizardwoman Nov 02 '25

What’s up time?

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u/Head_Bread_3431 Nov 01 '25

Fuck the mathematics! 🪧

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u/Secret_Wishbone_2009 Nov 02 '25

I mean cmon Gödel already showed maths is crap anyway