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Re:Simulation, Consciousness, Existence (1998) by simonh on Saturday September 17, 2016 @09:14AM (#12520348)
It's not a matter of technology, it's a matter of complexity. By definition a computer capable of simulating every elementary particle in the universe would have to be many orders of magnitude more complex (in crude terms 'bigger') than the universe itself, even assuming ideal technology with mathematically perfect efficiency.

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