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Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out.
Every simulation created with finite resources has it's limitations, for example granularity, abrupt behavioral departure, etc. If we find that our universe behave in a way that is similar to behaviors caused by resource or algorithm limitation of a simulation, and we articulate what that those limitations might be, then we might say we have evidence, not proof, that the universe could be a simulation.

I have wondered whether quantum effects are in fact the manifestation of flaws in a simulation program.
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RE: Are we all just part of a computer simulation? Scientists are trying to find that out. - by Anomalocaris - December 17, 2012 at 1:33 pm

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