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Re:What If Time Really Exists? (2008) by DaiPlusPlus on Saturday January 07, 2017 @08:37AM (#13344061)
If you're talking about a VR-type simulation where observable reality is simulated, but our consciousness resides in a 'higher' level, then yes, something like what you describe could be an example of falsifiable evidence of simulated reality.

But in the case where we, ourselves reside entirely within a simulation (or whatever) then we're tied, lock-step, with the universe's time, and any jitters or pauses (even outright simulation termination) would be completely unobservable to observers within: the ants in SimAnt don't recognise when I pause the process in Task Manager.

Re:What If Time Really Exists? (2008) by logicallee on Saturday January 07, 2017 @09:18AM (#13344231)
your second paragraph is exactly my point: which is why it's an absurd claim that anyone is saying "we're almost certainly" living in a simulated environment. there's no way to know.