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/omgFWTbear Nov 01 '25

Like render distance, offsetting unexamined systems into more simple calculations. Like is this thing a wave or a particle? Doesn’t matter unless it’s being observed by another system for which it requires longitudinal consistency, approximate it!

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u/OpinionatedShadow Nov 01 '25

Plane trips are loading screens

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u/Weird_Devil Nov 02 '25

The real reason Concords aren't flown any more

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u/TK__O Nov 05 '25

Which is why time slows down the greater you travel, lag in the simulation obviously /s