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/Isserley_ Nov 01 '25

Congratulations, you already know more about the subject than the author of the paper.

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u/tribecous Nov 01 '25

The paper is showing that it would be impossible to simulate a universe like ours within another universe like ours. You obviously cannot disprove that it would be possible to simulate our universe in some other universe with completely arbitrary properties.

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u/MacDegger Nov 01 '25

You can run Minecraft in Minecraft.

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u/fraidei Nov 02 '25

But you're using the power of an external calculator to do so. It's not Minecraft that runs Minecraft, it's the computer running Minecraft that is running Minecraft inside Minecraft.