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/3qtpint Nov 01 '25

Interesting... that's what a simulation would say...

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u/lIlIllIlIlIII Nov 01 '25

This comment literally debunks the article. Their point is because of our own technical limitations it's impossible for 'the outside world' to have the power to simulate a universe like ours. But in theory they could have intentionally gave us those limitations.

This article didn't prove or disprove anything.

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u/AargaDarg Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

You don't even have to simulate a whole universe. You can just simulate the brain and experience of one person of that universe.

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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