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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out by p1esk on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:46AM (#20666474)
They only have to simulate the signals we get about the Universe, not the Universe itself.
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out by beefield on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:57AM (#20666523)
There is also the possibility that it is simulated only to one person's sensory input, which reduces the computing power needed quite a lot. I mean, how are you supposed to prove that author of this comment is not just crappy AI homework from a lazy student participating in the simulation study? Frankly, that would explain a lot...
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out by DvdGiessen on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:00PM (#20670471)
As it turns out, your post triggered this crappy AI's reply_with_obligatory_xkcd() subroutine.

https://xkcd.com/876/

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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out by fooker on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:47AM (#20666480)
Right, and sometimes they can mess up. One example could be the star found recently to be older than the universe!
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Re:Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out by ncmncm on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:14AM (#20666829)
I was driving from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, once, and the moon was dead ahead. Caught 'em!
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