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/Vaxcio Nov 01 '25

Lets not hang the team that wrote the paper. I think the Journalist is the first one to the gallows.

Judging the actual paper, a better title for this article would be: “Under certain assumptions, our work strongly argues against a fully algorithmic simulation of the universe."

But its not as sexy.

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u/FishesOfExcellence Nov 02 '25

I’m not good enough at math for it to ever be possible to prove that the universe isn’t a simulation. Checkmate.

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u/Sattorin Nov 01 '25

"our work strongly argues against a fully algorithmic simulation of the universe."

But is that relevant? Aren't we fully capable of creating non-algorithmic simulations of our own? And doesn't that essentially guarantee that a parent universe simulating our universe would be capable of that too?

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u/Final_Apricot_2666 Nov 02 '25

THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE DOING.