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.

  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If this is the case, then we don’t live inside a computer. Something more than pure computation is required.

    SO many assumptions in that statement

    • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
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      3 days ago

      Well, ”computer” in the mathematical sense is well defined of what it can and cannot do. The limit is the halting problem or equivalent problems.

      The question is: is there some equivalent to the halting problem in the real universe? If that’s the case, then there’s no algorithm you can use to describe the entire universe.