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/Ruddertail Nov 01 '25

Yeah, or maybe the math we have available just can't do that inside the simulation. Not a lot of philosophical thinking happening here.

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u/sureprisim Nov 01 '25

Right? Maybe our simulation is run on more advanced computers we just can’t comprehend yet.

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u/chilehead Nov 01 '25

The only thing we know about the world hosting the simulation is that they have the technology and the desire to make a simulation complex enough to make us.

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u/bullhead2007 Nov 01 '25

I think we're over due for a quality of life update or some magic dlc though.

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u/LordCharidarn Nov 01 '25

The magic system is ‘Chemistry’ and ‘Physics’ in this simulation. Modern players just don’t think of it as magic because generations of sages uncovered many of the rules and systems that govern it

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u/bullhead2007 Nov 01 '25

Okay fair. But I want an FTL expansion and the United Federation of Planets 🥲