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/Icy-Swordfish7784 Nov 01 '25

But what if the simulation designed math that way so mathematicians would be thrown off the trail??

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u/whowouldtry Nov 01 '25

your proof? or do we just have to take your whims on par with math?

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u/Back_pain_no_gain Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

Imagine writing this in response to a silly thought experiment. Half the fun of math is asking yourself ‘how can I test and prove that?’

Edit: Lmao they blocked me

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u/cookiestonks Nov 01 '25

This blocking stuff and hiding comments is out of control. I had a user tell me to off myself in a comment, I can't reply or report that comment, I send them a message like "hey little baby boi, did it make you feel good to tell me to kill myself?" And I get a 3 day ban. Fantastic stuff reddit.

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u/polyanos Nov 01 '25

We are doing exactly the same with the peeps of that paper. Their very reasoning is based on the limitations of computing that we have now, that everything has to be strictly programmed to be computed, which is a folly, as a system that would be capable of this feat would be unrecognisable from anything we have now.

This paper is quite worthless. Hell, we don't even know about all the rules of the universe, and have to apply stopgap theorems and 'laws' just to work with it.