Re:Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)
by comicjk on Friday October 14, 2016 @08:23PM
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Yes, I'm referring to big and detailed relative to what we can simulate with foreseeable technology. Sure, we can see how to maybe simulate a universe the size of a cell, and a much much larger universe could maybe simulate everything in ours. But in either case, the larger universe is going to view the smaller one as a simplification.
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Re:Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)
by mikermcneil on Saturday October 15, 2016 @06:10PM
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If I'm running Linux in a VM, I don't think of it as a simplification-- but it is way easier to just shut it off and reinstall if something goes wrong.