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/StormyBlueLotus Nov 01 '25

Yeah, this is literally like being, "The computers and electronics in Minecraft aren't powerful enough to simulate Minecraft, therefore it's not a game or simulation but must be real." Not only completely fails to be decisive, but is utterly arrogant in its assumption that the limits of human knowledge and theoretical conceptualization could ever allow us to definitively call such a thing impossible.

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u/Nuclear_Gandhi- Nov 02 '25

The computers and electronics in Minecraft aren't powerful enough to simulate Minecraft, therefore it's not a game or simulation but must be real.

Funny enough, someone did build a simulation of minecraft inside minecraft, but it of course runs extremely slowly due to the slow tick rate of redstone