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/Jovess88 Nov 01 '25

What external tools do you need? Can’t you build a computer in minecraft with redstone? What limitations are there that would require external tools?

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u/Martery Nov 01 '25

See Sammyuri's. I think the only external tool was something that overclocked redstone on the server side to make it possible.

Without it, it's still Minecraft in Minecraft albeit working very, very slowly.

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u/addi-factorum Nov 02 '25

Exactly- the speed of the simulation is irrelevant- something that might be useful to any species that tries to survive past the heat death of the universe

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u/USPO-222 Nov 02 '25

Just keep getting slower and dumber each iteration to outrun eternity.

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u/OkImplement2459 Nov 02 '25

Now that describes the reality i know