UBC researchers claim the universe can’t be a simulation, citing math that proves reality goes beyond computation and algorithmic logic.

And here I was waiting to get unplugged, or maybe finding a Nokia phone that received a call.

  • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
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    13 days ago

    Counterexample: your dreams are a form of simulation (probably). So I can literally disprove this take in my sleep

    Dreams are an approximation of reality at best. It’s not a perfect simulation.

      • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
        27·
        13 days ago

        My bad. Of course you’re right.

        I’ve dreamt that levitation is possible. Therefore, levitation is possible in reality. QED

        • Übercomplicated@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          13 days ago

          The question is rather What is “reality”: the dream (et al.) or the physical world (what you describe as reality). See Descartes first two meditations (and note that he relies fully on the existence of God to prove the existence of reality later). In this case, us experiencing a “dream” just serves to outline the point; Descartes, for example, also suggests that we are being fooled by an evil daemon. If it’s a dream or an evil daemon — doesn’t matter; it would likely be something entirely beyond our comprehension anyway. But genuinely proving the physical world as being reality is very difficult.