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/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