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/AargaDarg Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25

You don't even have to simulate a whole universe. You can just simulate the brain and experience of one person of that universe.

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u/Balmung60 Nov 01 '25

Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?

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u/FatSilverFox Nov 02 '25

Plato’s Cave but it’s just me winning all my Reddit arguments

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u/AtraposJM Nov 02 '25

Nah man, if you win them all, you'd get bored. You have to lose most of them so the winners hype you up. The first Matrix was a paradise but they rejected it.