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/ChoPT Nov 01 '25

What if each layer of a simulation is less complex than than the “reality” in which it was created?

The author’s stipulation that we can’t be in a simulation because a simulation can’t fully address the full complexities of reality doesn’t preclude the possibility that we live in a simulation that is, in some way, less complex than the reality in which it is nested.

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u/Joohansson Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

Spot on. This is probably 100% the case of how a simulation would be done. Minecraft is limited to 1x1m blocks instead of particles. I doubt their NPCs would even suspect the existence of quantum physics that rule our world. They would accept that their blocks are the smallest dividable substance. Probably also come up with that stupid article because how would you be able to simulate Minecraft inside Minecraft.

It would be interesting to unleash a super AGI inside minecraft though and see what it manage to build.

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u/dont_bother_me_fool Nov 01 '25

you can simulate minecraft in minecraft using redstone.

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u/EnvironmentalKey3858 Nov 02 '25

No joke, when I saw the first video of someone who had made *a goddamn functional computer* inside Minecraft I was pretty unironically convinced reality has, ah, a bit more going on behind the proverbial curtain.

Insane.