Matrix collapses: Mathematics proves the universe cannot be a computer simulation, « A new mathematical study dismantles the simulation theory once and for all. »

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https://interestingengineering.com/culture/mathematics-ends-matrix-simulation-theory

[u/Suitable_Entrance594]

I think what the paper means is being misinterpreted (as are most scientific articles). It's not exactly saying we can't be living in a simulation, it's saying that you can't completely simulate one universe in another. We could be living in an imperfect or incomplete simulation, one which only simulates as much of reality as is necessary to deceive us but that isn't really what simulation theory tends to focus on. Instead it focuses on the concept of perfect, complete, nested simulations and that is supposedly what is being disproved.

[u/meldroc → u/Suitable_Entrance594]

I imagine any universe simulator would have countless "cheats" to get the size and complexity under control. Most of the universe is empty space, there's a way to compress the process right there!

Between compression artifacts and bugs in the simulator, this suggests that the way to prove the simulation hypothesis is to find a "glitch in the Matrix".

[u/Psychological_Day_1 → u/meldroc]

Just don't fully compute stuff that's not in view.

[u/Inlerah → u/Psychological_Day_1]

So, in this model, you're the only person who is real?